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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c b/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c
index f9f6f1bfa..ab9cddc30 100644
--- a/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c
+++ b/libc/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sysconf.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/* Get file-specific information about a file. Linux version.
- Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ Copyright (C) 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This file is part of the GNU C Library.
The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
#include <sysdep.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/resource.h>
#include <not-cancel.h>
+#include <ldsodefs.h>
static long int posix_sysconf (int name);
@@ -70,6 +72,22 @@ __sysconf (int name)
}
#endif
+ case _SC_ARG_MAX:
+#if __LINUX_KERNEL_VERSION < 0x020617
+ /* Determine whether this is a kernel 2.6.23 or later. Only
+ then do we have an argument limit determined by the stack
+ size. */
+ if (GLRO(dl_discover_osversion) () >= 0x020617)
+#endif
+ {
+ /* Use getrlimit to get the stack limit. */
+ struct rlimit rlimit;
+ if (__getrlimit (RLIMIT_STACK, &rlimit) == 0)
+ return MAX (ARG_MAX, rlimit.rlim_cur / 4);
+ }
+
+ return ARG_MAX;
+
case _SC_NGROUPS_MAX:
/* Try to read the information from the /proc/sys/kernel/ngroups_max
file. */