Re: CVS commit: src/sys/arch/i386/include

[christos%astron.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

In article <20140128141231.GA3835%britannica.bec.de@localhost>,
Joerg Sonnenberger  <joerg%britannica.bec.de@localhost> wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 28, 2014 at 08:55:37AM +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Jan 2014, Christos Zoulas wrote:
>> >Modified Files:
>> >    src/sys/arch/i386/include: vmparam.h
>> >
>> >Log Message:
>> >Cut down MAXDSIZE from 3G to 2.5G otherwise bottomup allocation ends up
>> >supplying an out of bounds hint for sigcode (c001e000 > bf000000). Makes
>> >a.out binaries work again.
>> 
>> Will this make malloc fail 0.5GB earlier than before?
>
>Which malloc? jemalloc uses mmap and doesn't count against MAXDSIZE.

Bottomup allocations count against maxdsize, topdown don't. Nevertheless,
I restored the limit back to where it was.

christos