Re: Stupid VA layout question

[Anders Magnusson <ragge%ludd.ltu.se@localhost>]

On 09/15/2013 11:03 AM, Martin Husemann wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> can someone please explain why the MAXTSIZ on vax is 0x800000? Is this
> a relict of pre-topdown memory layout?
>
> I have a binary I can't exec due to that limit (and am looking for the easiest
> workaround).
MAXTSIZ is just the largest size the text may have, it is not related to 
any other allocations or tables.

I cannot think of any implications (other than that an user may cause 
the system to swap even more) of increasing it, so it would be safe to 
do that.

-- Ragge