/*-*- mode:c;indent-tabs-mode:nil;c-basic-offset:2;tab-width:8;coding:utf-8 -*-│ │ vi: set et ft=c ts=2 sts=2 sw=2 fenc=utf-8 :vi │ ╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │ Copyright 2022 Justine Alexandra Roberts Tunney │ │ │ │ Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for │ │ any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the │ │ above copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. │ │ │ │ THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL │ │ WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED │ │ WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE │ │ AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL │ │ DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR │ │ PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER │ │ TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR │ │ PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. │ ╚─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────*/ #include "libc/dce.h" #include "libc/macros.internal.h" #include "libc/runtime/runtime.h" #include "libc/sysv/consts/limits.h" #include "libc/sysv/consts/rlimit.h" #define CTL_KERN 1 #define KERN_ARGMAX 8 /** * Returns expensive but more correct version of `ARG_MAX`. */ int __get_arg_max(void) { if (IsLinux()) { // You might think that just returning a constant 128KiB (ARG_MAX) // would make sense, as this guy did: // // https://lkml.org/lkml/2017/11/15/813... // // I suspect a 128kB sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) is the sanest bet, simply // because of that "conservative is better than aggressive". // // Especially since _technically_ we're still limiting things to that // 128kB due to the single-string limit. // // Linus // // In practice that caused us trouble with toybox tests for xargs // edge cases. The tests assume that they can at least reach the // kernel's "minimum maximum" of 128KiB, but if we report 128KiB for // _SC_ARG_MAX and xargs starts subtracting the environment space // and so on from that, then xargs will think it's run out of space // when given 128KiB of data, which should always work. See this // thread for more: // // http://lists.landley.net/pipermail/toybox-landley.net/2019-November/011229.html // // So let's resign ourselves to tracking what the kernel actually // does. Right now (2019, Linux 5.3) that amounts to: uint64_t stacksz; stacksz = __get_rlimit(RLIMIT_STACK); return MAX(MIN(stacksz / 4, 3 * (8 * 1024 * 1024) / 4), _ARG_MAX); } else if (IsBsd()) { return __get_sysctl(CTL_KERN, KERN_ARGMAX); } else { return _ARG_MAX; } }