Re: [RFC/PATCH] RLIMIT_ARG_MAX

Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29T18:15:27Z

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
>
> Well, I agree with that point. It just that apparently POSIX does not.
> According to Michael POSIX does not consider the arg+env array part of
> the stack proper.

I don't think that's true.

POSIX has always been guided on "what you can depend on", not "we make up
new features". And if that has changed, then it's a problem for POSIX, not
for Linux.

IOW, I think somebody is either reading the standard wrong, or the
standard is not worth reading.

Linus