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Request for enhancement for ability set unlimit value for properties ExternalSizeMax and ProcessSizeMax

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Description

Submission type
  • Request for enhancement (RFE)
systemd version the issue has been seen with

238

Used distribution

Fedora 28

I request for enhancement

For options:

  • ExternalSizeMax
  • ProcessSizeMax

By default this option has limit which prevent got untruncated backtrace.
Please see downstream report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492419
So I want set ExternalSizeMax and ProcessSizeMax for unlimit values because I don't want to care how much size I really needed for it.

I suppose it value would be 0, which would means that no limits here.

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Research direction

Start by locating how the ExternalSizeMax and ProcessSizeMax options are parsed and applied, then read the linked downstream report for the truncation context. Done means a documented configuration value, such as 0, reliably disables both limits and the behavior is covered by the relevant tests.

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Assessment

Tech stack
c, fedora
Domain
operating-systems
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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