Martin J. Bligh wrote:
>>>Is there any good reason we can't remove TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE, and just
>>>shove libraries directly above the program text? Red Hat seems to have
>>>patches to dynamically tune it on a per-processes basis anyway ...
>>>
>>>Moreover, can we put the stack back where it's meant to be, below the
>>>program text, in that wasted 128MB of virtual space? Who really wants
>>>
>>>>128MB of stack anyway (and can't fix their app)?
>>
>>That space is NULL pointer trap zone. NULL pointer trapping -> good.
>
>
> 128Mb of it? The bottom page, or even a few Mb, sure ...
> but 128Mb seems somewhat excessive ...
>
Perhaps, but large data structures can easily generate reasonably large
values when indirected.
-hpa
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