(main): Fix the stack-limit code to calculate

the ratio for re_max_failures accurately and leave some extra slack.
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Karl Heuer 1997-12-04 05:53:41 +00:00
parent d64478da0b
commit 03effc232e

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@ -595,8 +595,14 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
{
long newlim;
extern int re_max_failures;
/* Approximate the amount regex.c needs, plus some more. */
newlim = re_max_failures * 2 * 20 * sizeof (char *);
/* Approximate the amount regex.c needs per unit of re_max_failures. */
int ratio = 20 * sizeof (char *);
/* Then add 33% to cover the size of the smaller stacks that regex.c
successively allocates and discards, on its way to the maximum. */
ratio += ratio / 3;
/* Add in some extra to cover
what we're likely to use for other reasons. */
newlim = re_max_failures * ratio + 200000;
#ifdef __NetBSD__
/* NetBSD (at least NetBSD 1.2G and former) has a bug in its
stack allocation routine for new process that the allocation
@ -607,8 +613,8 @@ main (argc, argv, envp)
if (newlim > rlim.rlim_max)
{
newlim = rlim.rlim_max;
/* Don't let regex.c overflow the stack. */
re_max_failures = newlim / (2 * 20 * sizeof (char *));
/* Don't let regex.c overflow the stack we have. */
re_max_failures = (newlim - 200000) / ratio;
}
if (rlim.rlim_cur < newlim)
rlim.rlim_cur = newlim;