Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:17:59 +0300 | From | Matti Aarnio <> | Subject | Re: Large files |
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 09:57:57AM -0400, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > With 32 bit return values, ix86 Linux has a file-size limitation > which is currently about 0x7fffffff. Unfortunately, instead of > returning from a write() with a -1 and errno being set, so that > a program can do something about it, write() executes a signal(25) > which kills the task even if trapped. Is this one of those <expletive > deleted> POSIX requirements or is somebody going to fix it?
http://www.sas.com/standards/large.file/
#define SIGXFSZ 25 /* File size limit exceeded (4.2 BSD). */
from fs/buffer.c:
err = -EFBIG; limit = current->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur; if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && size > (loff_t)limit) { send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0); goto out; } if (size > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes) goto out;
> Cheers, > Dick Johnson > Penguin : Linux version 2.4.20 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips).
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