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-rw-r--r--sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c5
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 321bf53..b37a054 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2017-04-03 Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+ [BZ #21253]
+ * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c (__spawnix): Increase argv_size
+ slack space by 32KiB.
+
2017-04-03 Wladimir van der Laan <laanwj@gmail.com>
[BZ# 21338]
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
index c96aac8..29d8f25 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/spawni.c
@@ -319,6 +319,11 @@ __spawnix (pid_t * pid, const char *file,
/* Add a slack area for child's stack. */
size_t argv_size = (argc * sizeof (void *)) + 512;
+ /* We need at least a few pages in case the compiler's stack checking is
+ enabled. In some configs, it is known to use at least 24KiB. We use
+ 32KiB to be "safe" from anything the compiler might do. Besides, the
+ extra pages won't actually be allocated unless they get used. */
+ argv_size += (32 * 1024);
size_t stack_size = ALIGN_UP (argv_size, GLRO(dl_pagesize));
void *stack = __mmap (NULL, stack_size, prot,
MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK, -1, 0);