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authorWilco Dijkstra <wdijkstr@arm.com>2019-05-10 16:38:21 +0100
committerWilco Dijkstra <wdijkstr@arm.com>2019-05-10 16:38:21 +0100
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Fix tcache count maximum (BZ #24531)
The tcache counts[] array is a char, which has a very small range and thus may overflow. When setting tcache_count tunable, there is no overflow check. However the tunable must not be larger than the maximum value of the tcache counts[] array, otherwise it can overflow when filling the tcache. [BZ #24531] * malloc/malloc.c (MAX_TCACHE_COUNT): New define. (do_set_tcache_count): Only update if count is small enough. * manual/tunables.texi (glibc.malloc.tcache_count): Document max value.
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diff --git a/manual/tunables.texi b/manual/tunables.texi
index 749cabff1b..ae638823a2 100644
--- a/manual/tunables.texi
+++ b/manual/tunables.texi
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ per-thread cache. The default (and maximum) value is 1032 bytes on
@deftp Tunable glibc.malloc.tcache_count
The maximum number of chunks of each size to cache. The default is 7.
-There is no upper limit, other than available system memory. If set
-to zero, the per-thread cache is effectively disabled.
+The upper limit is 127. If set to zero, the per-thread cache is effectively
+disabled.
The approximate maximum overhead of the per-thread cache is thus equal
to the number of bins times the chunk count in each bin times the size