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From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
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Subject: Re: threads/160708: Bypass process stack quota :)
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The following reply was made to PR threads/160708; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Peter Wemm <peter@wemm.org>
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Subject: Re: threads/160708: Bypass process stack quota :)
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2011 19:52:18 -0700

 RLIMIT_STACK is more meant as a safety measure against runaway
 processes rather than a security system.
 
 The limit you are looking for is:
 #define	RLIMIT_VMEM	10		/* virtual process size (incl. mmap) */
 
 Given that you can freely move your stack, there is nothing to stop
 you relocating your stack pointer to a blob of memory you got from
 mmap. Or even the data segment.
 
 And that is what RLIMIT_VMEM aka RLIMIT_AS are for.
 
 -- 
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