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Re: Bug#251378: zsh: segfaults when globing includes too many files

X-seq: zsh-workers 20140
From: Clint Adams <clint@xxxxxxx>
To: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Bug#251378: zsh: segfaults when globing includes too many files
Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2004 08:36:42 -0400
Cc: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxx, 251378@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mdz@xxxxxxxxxx
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> > when globbing in /usr/share/doc.  The source shown below includes 19920.
> 
> So this happens with both 4.2.0 and the latest, and therefore isn't
> (directly) related to the mmap reorganisation of heap allocation?

No, 19920 is the heap allocation patch.  I don't know if this happens
without it.

> Is it possible a memory allocator is returning 0?  It could be another
> case where the shell is trying to allocate way too much memory, not
> getting it, and not handling the failure gracefully.

Guys, are you using a non-default overcommit_memory setting on Linux?

References:
- Re: Bug#251378: zsh: segfaults when globing includes too many files
  - From: Clint Adams
- Re: Bug#251378: zsh: segfaults when globing includes too many files
  - From: Peter Stephenson

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