Messages in this thread | | | From | Linus Torvalds <> | Date | Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:45:44 -0800 | Subject | Re: Regression: commit da029c11e6b1 broke toybox xargs. |
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On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 2:10 PM, enh <enh@google.com> wrote: >> >> I actually suspect "just use 128kB" is the actual best option in practice. > > for libc's sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) too? i'm fine changing bionic back to > reporting 128KiB if there's an lkml "Linus says" mail that i can link > to in the comment. it certainly seems like an overly-conservative > choice is better than the current situation...
I suspect a 128kB sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) is the sanest bet, simply because of that "conservative is better than aggressive".
Especially since _technically_ we're still limiting things to that 128kB due to the single-string limit.
Linus
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