[Varnish] #1055: Long values of shm_reclen is unsafe

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#1055: Long values of shm_reclen is unsafe
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 Reporter:  kristian  |       Owner:       
     Type:  defect    |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  normal    |   Milestone:       
Component:  varnishd  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal    |    Keywords:       
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Comment(by kristian):

 Ah....

 Part of the problem is that shm_reclen is evaluated directly, even though
 the shm_workspace is only adjusted when the thread starts.

 In addition, the shm_workspace seems largely unrelated to shm_reclen.
 There's nothing stopping you from shm_reclen=65k shm_workspace=4k, and
 that will of course break.

 All in all, it's VERY unadvised to use shm_reclen larger than, say, 16kB
 now. The code is simply too fragile. And you must increase the
 shm_workspace too, and do it /before/ starting Varnish - or starting the
 threads at least.

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