A recent Debian bug report, dealing with release 3.2.8
and its even more restrictive buffer sizes (1024) used
in stat, statm and status reads via file2str calls, is
a reminder of what could yet happen to procps-ng. Size
needs are determined by kernel evolution and/or config
options so that bug could resurface even though buffer
size is currently 4 times the old procps-3.2.8 limits.
Those sizes were raised from 1024 to 4096 bytes in the
patch submitted by Eric Dumazet, and referenced below.
This patch makes libprocps immune to future changes in
the amount of stuff that is ultimately found in a proc
'stat', 'statm' or 'status' subdirectory. We now trade
the former static buffer of 4096 bytes for dynamically
allocated buffers whose size can be increased by need.
Even though this change is solely an internal one, and
in no way directly affects the API or the ABI, libtool
suggests that the LIBprocps_REVISION be raised. I hope
Craig remembers to do that just before a next release.
We don't want a repeat of the procps-ng-3.3.4 boo-boo,
but with no API/ABI impact that probably can't happen.
p.s. A big thanks to Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com>
who reviewed my original version and, of course, found
some of my trademark illogic + unnecessary code. After
his coaxing, he helped make this a much better commit.
Reference(s):
. procps-3.2.8
http://bugs.debian.org/702965
. allow large list of groups
commit 7933435584
Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
Reviewed by: Jaromir Capik <jcapik@redhat.com>
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