Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Wed, 26 Sep 2001 20:23:24 -0700 | From | Kiril Vidimce <> | Subject | Re: max arguments for exec |
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On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Keith Owens wrote: > 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.
Yeah, I know, but we would like to avoid building a custom kernel. If we do end up going this route, I wonder if there is a limit for MAX_ARG_PAGES. Any idea? I think 128 pages (512K) would be sufficient for our needs.
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