Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
Machine: i386
OS: linux-gnu
Compiler: gcc
Compilation CFLAGS: -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='i386'
-DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='i386-pc-linux-gnu'
-DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I.
-I/home/doko/packages/bash/bash-2.05a
-I/home/doko/packages/bash/bash-2.05a/include
-I/home/doko/packages/bash/bash-2.05a/lib -g -O2
uname output: Linux Prem3s 2.4.27-dev #1 ven aoû 26 11:55:01 CEST 2005 i686
unknown
Machine Type: i386-pc-linux-gnu
Bash Version: 2.05a
Patch Level: 0
Release Status: release
Description:
When looking at the bash's man page, it seems that the ulimit -c '<arg>'
interprets its argument as number of kilobytes, but when we look at
current values with ulimit -a, the result tells about 'blocks'
(disk blocks ?) :
$ ulimit -a
core file size (blocks, -c) unlimited
data seg size (kbytes, -d) unlimited
file size (blocks, -f) unlimited
max locked memory (kbytes, -l) unlimited
max memory size (kbytes, -m) unlimited
open files (-n) 1024
pipe size (512 bytes, -p) 8
stack size (kbytes, -s) 8192
cpu time (seconds, -t) unlimited
max user processes (-u) 7168
virtual memory (kbytes, -v) unlimited
Looking at the Bash's source, I guess it really kilobytes :
$ grep core builtins/ulimit.def
-c the maximum size of core files created
{ 'c', RLIMIT_CORE, 1024, "core file size",
"blocks" },
so I think this file should be fixed to use "kbytes" instead of "blocks"
as other limits (filesize limit also uses 'blocks', is it the same
problem ?).
I've looked inside the latest Debian's bash package (bash_3.0-16)
and the problem is already there.
Repeat-By:
$ ulimit -a
Fix:
patch the builtins/ulimit.def file, moving from :
{ 'c', RLIMIT_CORE, 1024, "core file size",
"blocks" },
to
{ 'c', RLIMIT_CORE, 1024, "core file size",
"kbytes" },
and perhaps the same modification for RLIMIT_FILESIZE stanza...
with regards,
Frédéric Boiteux.
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