Re: [RFC PATCH] ARM Fix /usr/bin/xargs: etags: Argument list toolong

[Michal Marek]

Dne 8.8.2012 16:32, David Cullen napsal(a):
> Patch applies to
> 
>     commit 42a579a0f960081cd16fc945036e4780c3ad3202
> 
> When running "make ARCH=arm TAGS" in a chroot using qemu-arm-static,
> the following message is emitted:
> 
>     [user@host:/home/work/linux]: make ARCH=arm TAGS
>       GEN     TAGS
>     /usr/bin/xargs: etags: Argument list too long
> 
> This can be fixed by by passing "-L 1024" to xargs in scripts/tags.sh.
> 
> The "1024" was a guess. A value of "3862" changes the message to
> 
>     /usr/bin/xargs: argument list too long
> 
> Using "2048" also fixes the problem. However, I don't know how much
> headroom that leaves
> 
> Does anyone know why the argument lists must be shorter for ARM? All
> of the documentation I have available says that 4096 should be the
> limit.

This looks like a bug in xargs, it should make sure that the commandline
fits into ARG_MAX. BTW, a better workaround would be to use the -s
option, which limits the size of the argument list.

Michal
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