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Re: [PATCH 1/2] Set default stack size from program environment
- From: fche at redhat dot com (Frank Ch. Eigler)
- To: Roland McGrath <roland at hack dot frob dot com>
- Cc: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>, Siddhesh Poyarekar <siddhesh at redhat dot com>, libc-alpha at sourceware dot org
- Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:32:03 -0500
- Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Set default stack size from program environment
- References: <20130115100110.GL7894@spoyarek.pnq.redhat.com><20130117000752.EFE8D2C0BC@topped-with-meat.com><20130117014821.GX7894@spoyarek.pnq.redhat.com><mvm1udk5iul.fsf@hawking.suse.de><20130117082311.GB25252@spoyarek.pnq.redhat.com><mvmwqvc43jy.fsf@hawking.suse.de><20130117083500.GC25252@spoyarek.pnq.redhat.com><mvm4nig2o6p.fsf@hawking.suse.de><20130301210246.F2EB82C0B3@topped-with-meat.com>
Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> writes:
> [...] Conversely, anything only changeable by privileged
> administrator action rather than inherited from something casually
> fungible like the environment is better for the issue of security
> hardening.
AIUI, this option is about courteously limiting memory consumption,
not about security hardening (which hard ulimits could impose).
- FChE