find: use sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) to determine the command-line size limit
The find utility uses a hardcoded value of 32 * 1024 as the limit of
the command-line length when calling 'find -exec ... {} +'. This results
in over 4 times more execve() calls than in coreutils' find.
This patch uses the limit defined in system headers.
Based on the patch by Bartosz Golaszewski <bartekgola@gmail.com>.
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <vda.linux@googlemail.com>
diff --git a/findutils/xargs.c b/findutils/xargs.c
index 0ba5b56..76c4747 100644
--- a/findutils/xargs.c
+++ b/findutils/xargs.c
@@ -523,12 +523,7 @@
argc++;
}
- /* -s NUM default. fileutils-4.4.2 uses 128k, but I heasitate
- * to use such a big value - first need to change code to use
- * growable buffer instead of fixed one.
- */
- n_max_chars = 32 * 1024;
- /* Make smaller if system does not allow our default value.
+ /*
* The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6:
* "The xargs utility shall limit the command line length such that
* when the command line is invoked, the combined argument
@@ -536,16 +531,15 @@
* in the System Interfaces volume of IEEE Std 1003.1-2001)
* shall not exceed {ARG_MAX}-2048 bytes".
*/
- {
- long arg_max = 0;
-#if defined _SC_ARG_MAX
- arg_max = sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) - 2048;
-#elif defined ARG_MAX
- arg_max = ARG_MAX - 2048;
-#endif
- if (arg_max > 0 && n_max_chars > arg_max)
- n_max_chars = arg_max;
- }
+ n_max_chars = bb_arg_max();
+ if (n_max_chars > 32 * 1024)
+ n_max_chars = 32 * 1024;
+ /*
+ * POSIX suggests substracting 2048 bytes from sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX)
+ * so that the process may safely modify its environment.
+ */
+ n_max_chars -= 2048;
+
if (opt & OPT_UPTO_SIZE) {
n_max_chars = xatou_range(max_chars, 1, INT_MAX);
}