Messages in this thread |  | | From | Keith Owens <> | Subject | Re: max arguments for exec | Date | Thu, 27 Sep 2001 12:27:52 +1000 |
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2001 14:25:05 -0700 (PDT), Kiril Vidimce <vkire@pixar.com> wrote: >Is there any way to reconfigure the kernel at runtime to change the >limit for arguments passed during an exec? I guess I am looking for >something similar to systune ncargs under IRIX. I found this thread >in the archives: > >http://uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0003.0/0160.html > >The only suggestion was to patch and recompile the kernel. I looked >into sysctl and I couldn't find an appropriate argument to tweak.
It is controlled by MAX_ARG_PAGES in include/linux/binfmts.h. Change and recompile the kernel, it is not dynamically tunable in Linux.
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