Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753976AbXHSMbp (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:31:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751848AbXHSMbh (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:31:37 -0400 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:46542 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751845AbXHSMbg (ORCPT ); Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:31:36 -0400 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Benny Amorsen Subject: Re: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:31:21 +0200 Message-ID: References: <964583.28477.qm@web52504.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <46C7EE0A.2030601@gmail.com> <20070819072135.GQ6002@1wt.eu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: hd5b9080a.c45-01-12.sta.perspektivbredband.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:J/2gi0UbdkGNUYXtrwXG+i5uuuw= Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 875 Lines: 18 >>>>> "WT" == Willy Tarreau writes: WT> Under unix, the shell resolves "*" and passes the 10000 file names WT> to the "rm" command. Now, execve() may fail because 10000 names in WT> arguments can require too much memory. That's why find and xargs WT> were invented! It would be very handy if the argument memory space was expanded. Many years ago I hit the limit regularly on Solaris, and going to Linux with its comparatively large limit was a joy. Now it happens to me quite often on Linux as well. What are the primary problems with expanding it? It used to be swappable memory, is that still the case? /Benny - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/