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bug#28082: bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long
From: |
Dmitry V. Levin |
Subject: |
bug#28082: bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long |
Date: |
Tue, 15 Aug 2017 12:45:49 +0300 |
On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 08:19:13AM +0100, Jonny Grant wrote:
> On 15/08/17 00:50, Paul Eggert wrote:
> > Jonny Grant wrote:
> >> do you know which kernel API has this limitation?
> >
> > All kernels have a limitation there to some extent, except perhaps the
> > Hurd. Sorry, I don't know what the limits are.
>
> Ok thank you.
>
> I imagine kernels just need a dynamic API, so it doesn't need to be a
> fixed buffer.
It's a security limit rather than a fixed buffer, see e.g.
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=da029c11e6b12f321f36dac8771e833b65cec962
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bug#28082: bash: /bin/rm: Argument list too long, Pádraig Brady, 2017/08/14