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-rw-r--r--include/linux/sched/sysctl.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
index 8045a554cafb..596a0e007c62 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/sysctl.h
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ enum { sysctl_hung_task_timeout_secs = 0 };
* Because the kernel adds some informative sections to a image of program at
* generating coredump, we need some margin. The number of extra sections is
* 1-3 now and depends on arch. We use "5" as safe margin, here.
+ *
+ * ELF extended numbering allows more than 65535 sections, so 16-bit bound is
+ * not a hard limit any more. Although some userspace tools can be surprised by
+ * that.
*/
#define MAPCOUNT_ELF_CORE_MARGIN (5)
#define DEFAULT_MAX_MAP_COUNT (USHRT_MAX - MAPCOUNT_ELF_CORE_MARGIN)