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Title: pgrep reports error "cannot allocate" when run without stack limit Status in procps package in Ubuntu: Triaged Status in procps package in Debian: New Bug description: If you have no stack limit (ulimit -S -s unlimited), any pgrep call will fail with an error: > pgrep vim pgrep: cannot allocate 4611686018427387903 bytes If you have a high stack limit (e.g. ulimit -S -s 500000), pgrep is very slow: > time pgrep vim 2196 real 8.48s user 8.40s syst 0.07s busy 99% rmem 253444 The relevant upstream bug report could be: https://gitlab.com/procps-ng/procps/-/issues/152 Archlinux bug report: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/66093 procps: Installed: 2:3.3.16-1ubuntu2 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal/main amd64 Packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/procps/+bug/1874824/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
