On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:09:53 +0900
Takashi Yano wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 12:57:19 +0200
> Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > On Aug 28 18:46, Takashi Yano wrote:
> > > Previously, the number of command line args was not checked for
> > > cygwin process. Due to this, segmentation fault was caused if too
> > > many command line args are specified.
> > > https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2023-August/254333.html
> > > 
> > > Since char *argv[argc + 1] is placed on the stack in dll_crt0_1(),
> > > STATUS_STACK_OVERFLOW occurs if the stack does not have enough
> > > space.
> > > 
> > > With this patch, the total length of the arguments and the size of
> > > argv[] is restricted to 1/4 of total stack size for the process, and
> > > spawnve() returns E2BIG if the size exceeds the limit.
> > > [...]
> > > +static size_t
> > > +get_stack_size (const WCHAR *filename)
> > > +{
> > > +  HANDLE h;
> > > +  h = CreateFileW (filename, GENERIC_READ, FILE_SHARE_READ,
> > > +            NULL, OPEN_EXISTING, 0, NULL);
> > > +  char buf[1024];
> > > +  DWORD n;
> > > +  ReadFile (h, buf, sizeof (buf), &n, 0);
> > > +  CloseHandle (h);
> > > +  IMAGE_NT_HEADERS32 *p = (IMAGE_NT_HEADERS32 *) memmem (buf, n, 
> > > "PE\0\0", 4);
> > > +  if (!p)
> > > +    return 0;
> > > +  if ((char *) &p->OptionalHeader.SizeOfStackCommit > buf + n)
> > > +    return 0; /* buf[] is not enough */
> > > +  if (p->OptionalHeader.Magic == IMAGE_NT_OPTIONAL_HDR32_MAGIC)
> > > +    return p->OptionalHeader.SizeOfStackReserve;
> > > +  IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64 *p64 = (IMAGE_NT_HEADERS64 *) p;
> > > +  if ((char *) &p64->OptionalHeader.SizeOfStackCommit > buf + n)
> > > +    return 0; /* buf[] is not enough */
> > > +  return p64->OptionalHeader.SizeOfStackReserve;
> > > +}
> > 
> > Sorry, but this proposal is too complicated, IMHO.
> > 
> > Checking the stacksize in the file header for each single execve
> > is quite a bit time consuming, isn't it?
> 
> I did this because the stack size of an executable can vary by
> peflags -x command or -Wl,--stack=xxxxx option.
> 
> > The question is rather, why storing argv on the stack at all?  I guess
> > the original idea was that argv is always a rather overseeable number.
> > But it doesn't have to stay on the stack.
> > 
> > I tried this simple patch:
> > 
> > diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
> > index 49b7a44aeb15..961dea4ab993 100644
> > --- a/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
> > +++ b/winsup/cygwin/dcrt0.cc
> > @@ -978,11 +978,8 @@ dll_crt0_1 (void *)
> >      a change to an element of argv[] it does not affect Cygwin's argv.
> >      Changing the the contents of what argv[n] points to will still
> >      affect Cygwin.  This is similar (but not exactly like) Linux. */
> > -      char *newargv[__argc + 1];
> > -      char **nav = newargv;
> > -      char **oav = __argv;
> > -      while ((*nav++ = *oav++) != NULL)
> > -   continue;
> > +      char **newargv = (char **) malloc ((__argc + 1) * sizeof (char **));
> > +      memcpy (newargv, __argv, (__argc + 1) * sizeof (char **));
> >        /* Handle any signals which may have arrived */
> >        sig_dispatch_pending (false);
> >        _my_tls.call_signal_handler ();
> > 
> > and the testcase `LC_ALL=C sed 's/x/y/' $(seq 1000000)' simply ran
> > as desired.  Combined with a bit of error checking...
> > 
> > > diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/sysconf.cc b/winsup/cygwin/sysconf.cc
> > > index 2db92e4de..6cb2aecd0 100644
> > > --- a/winsup/cygwin/sysconf.cc
> > > +++ b/winsup/cygwin/sysconf.cc
> > > @@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ details. */
> > >  #include "cpuid.h"
> > >  #include "clock.h"
> > >  
> > > +#define DEFAULT_STACKGUARD (wincap.def_guard_page_size() + 
> > > wincap.page_size ())
> > > +static long
> > > +get_arg_max (int in)
> > > +{
> > > +  return (long) (get_rlimit_stack () + DEFAULT_STACKGUARD) / 4;
> > > +}
> > > +
> > >  static long
> > >  get_page_size (int in)
> > >  {
> > > @@ -485,7 +492,7 @@ static struct
> > >      };
> > >  } sca[] =
> > >  {
> > > -  {cons, {c:ARG_MAX}},                   /*   0, _SC_ARG_MAX */
> > > +  {func, {f:get_arg_max}},               /*   0, _SC_ARG_MAX */
> > >    {cons, {c:CHILD_MAX}},         /*   1, _SC_CHILD_MAX */
> > >    {cons, {c:CLOCKS_PER_SEC}},            /*   2, _SC_CLK_TCK */
> > >    {cons, {c:NGROUPS_MAX}},               /*   3, _SC_NGROUPS_MAX */
> > > -- 
> > > 2.39.0
> > 
> > Along these lines, there's no reason to couple SC_ARG_MAX to the
> > size of the stack.  I'd propose to return the value 2097152.  It's
> > the default value returned by getconf ARG_MAX on LInx as well.
> 
> The default value of 2097152 in Linux comes from 1/4 of the stack
> size. It varies by ulimit -s command. So I tried to imitate it.

The value 2097152 is too large for default stack size of cygwin.
It is whole of the stack size.

-- 
Takashi Yano <takashi.y...@nifty.ne.jp>

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