Reduce NL_ARGMAX to 4096 to match Linux.

NL_ARGMAX is the maximum number of positional arguments supported by
printf(3). Prior to r308145 it was declared as 99 and not enforced.
r308145 added enforcement and increased the value to 64k.

Unfortunately, development versions of PostgreSQL used the system
definition to allocate and zero an NL_ARGMAX * 4 sized array on the
stack of its snprintf implementation with measurable performance
impacts. This has been fixed in new PostgreSQL versions, but it is
possible that other programs suffer from this problem.

A value of 4096 puts us on par with Linux and is certainly large enough
for any reasonable program.

Reviewed by:	mjg
Reported by:	mjg
Approved by:	re (gjb)
Differential revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D17387
Differential revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D8286
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Brooks Davis 2018-10-04 21:55:58 +00:00
parent 9657b80ce7
commit 8bff61a6ba

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#endif
#if __XSI_VISIBLE || __POSIX_VISIBLE >= 200809
#define NL_ARGMAX 65536 /* max # of position args for printf */
#define NL_ARGMAX 4096 /* max # of position args for printf */
#define NL_MSGMAX 32767
#define NL_SETMAX 255
#define NL_TEXTMAX 2048