Re: [PATCH 14/21] getdtablesize: do not use getrlimit() on OS/2 kLIBC

[KO Myung-Hun]

Hi/2.

Paul Eggert wrote:
> KO Myung-Hun wrote:
>> getrlimit() was implemented in kLIBC and works well. Strangely,
>> however, it crashes due to 'stack overflow' or 'SIGSEGV' when used in
>> GNU M4.
> 
> This needs explanation in the form of a brief comment in the source code.
> 

Fixed.

> Also, I don't see how it can be said to work "well" if it crashes.  

Simple test cases work well. Anyway, fixed. ^^

> Most
> likely, kLIBC getrlimit is buggy, or is being compiled with the wrong
> options, or something like that.  The implementation of kLIBC getrlimit
> is incorrectly attempting to stuff a 32-bit unsigned value into a 32-bit
> signed variable, and it could be something as simple as that.

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KO Myung-Hun

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0001-getdtablesize-do-not-use-getrlimit-on-OS-2-kLIBC.patch
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