Description of problem: With the 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 kernel on x86_64, setting a large stack size limit causes all 32-bit programs to crash almost immediately at startup. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.6.9-1.681_FC3 (UP and SMP) How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Compile 32-bit "hello world", static or dynamic. 2. Run it. Works fine. 3. ulimit -s 4294967295 4. Run the same program again. Crash! Actual results: ~ $ ulimit -s 10240 ~ $ file a.out a.out: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, Intel 80386, version 1 (SYSV), for GNU/Linux 2.2.5, dynamically linked (uses shared libs), not stripped ~ $ ./a.out hello world ~ $ ulimit -s 4294967295 ~ $ ./a.out Segmentation fault ~ $ uname -a Linux eng-25 2.6.9-1.681_FC3smp #1 SMP Thu Nov 18 15:30:11 EST 2004 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Expected results: The program should run OK. It runs fine on SuSE machines and on FC1 and FC2. Additional info: The current rawhide kernel doesn't appear to have the problem: ~ $ ulimit -s 4294967295 ~ $ ./a.out hello world ~ $ uname -r 2.6.10-1.1109_FC4smp
By the way, the machine where the rawhide kernel is running has vanilla FC3 installed. Only the kernel is newer.
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