From 6bb5e1db525f44a7ab40e9391244dbe65daa08cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nafets Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 22:34:23 +0100 Subject: avoid a segfault, if ulimit is set to unlimited --- lib/utils_cmd.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib') diff --git a/lib/utils_cmd.c b/lib/utils_cmd.c index 9e214bd4..e41a9821 100644 --- a/lib/utils_cmd.c +++ b/lib/utils_cmd.c @@ -116,6 +116,14 @@ cmd_init (void) } #endif + /* if maxfd is unnaturally high, we force it to a lower value + * ( e.g. on SunOS, when ulimit is set to unlimited: 2147483647 this would cause + * a segfault when following calloc is called ... ) */ + + if ( maxfd > 2048 ) { + maxfd = 2048; + } + if (!_cmd_pids) _cmd_pids = calloc (maxfd, sizeof (pid_t)); } -- cgit v1.2.3