Bug 132902

Summary: stack settings not correct when ulimit package is installed
Product: [openSUSE] SUSE LINUX 10.0 Reporter: Dirk Mueller <dmueller>
Component: BasesystemAssignee: Kurt Garloff <garloff>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED QA Contact: E-mail List <qa-bugs>
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Description Dirk Mueller 2005-11-09 12:25:24 UTC 
the sysconfig/ulimit text says: 

## Type:        integer(0:99)
## Default:     0
#
# Limit the size of the stack that a single process may allocate.
# Normally, it should be enough to limit virtual and resident size.
# Note that with NPTL, the stack limit determines the stack SIZE
# of multithreaded programs and should thus better not be set.
# Soft limit: Can be increased by non-root up to the hard limit.
# This value corresponds to ulimit -Ss
# Parameter is in percent of physical memory, 0 means no adjustment
# (unlimited).
#
SOFTSTACKLIMIT=0


which reads as if you leave it at the default, you get no stack limit. What actually happens however is that you get the kernel default ulimit, which is arch-dependant (mostly 8MB).
Comment 1 Kurt Garloff 2005-11-14 22:05:17 UTC 
Looks like a simple documentation bug to me.
Does changing the last sentence to
# Parameter is in percent of physical memory, 0 means no adjustment
# (the kernel default, arch-dependent, something in the order of 8MB)
#
SOFTSTACKLIMIT=0

I see one little problem: There's no way to set it to unlimited ...
Comment 2 Kurt Garloff 2005-11-28 18:46:57 UTC 
Updated package submitted to STABLE.