[PATCH] Restrict stack space reservation to rlimit

[KOSAKI Motohiro]

> On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 2:05 PM, KOSAKI Motohiro
> <kosaki.motohiro at jp.fujitsu.com> wrote:
> >> --- linux-2.6-ozlabs.orig/fs/exec.c
> >> +++ linux-2.6-ozlabs/fs/exec.c
> >> @@ -627,10 +627,13 @@ int setup_arg_pages(struct linux_binprm
> >>                       goto out_unlock;
> >>       }
> >>
> >> +     stack_base = min(EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE,
> >> +                      current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur -
> >> +                        PAGE_SIZE);
> >
> > This line is a bit unclear why "- PAGE_SIZE" is necessary.
> > personally, I like following likes explicit comments.
> >
> >        stack_expand = EXTRA_STACK_VM_PAGES * PAGE_SIZE;
> >        stack_lim = ACCESS_ONCE(rlim[RLIMIT_STACK].rlim_cur);
> >
> >        /* Initial stack must not cause stack overflow. */
> >        if (stack_expand + PAGE_SIZE > stack_lim)
> >                stack_expand = stack_lim - PAGE_SIZE;
> >
> > note: accessing rlim_cur require ACCESS_ONCE.
> >
> >
> > Thought?
> 
> It's better to use the helper function: rlimit().

AFAIK, stable tree doesn't have rlimit(). but yes, making two patch
(for mainline and for stable) is good opinion.