[master] 1d2175b5a doc: Mention noexec and workdir
Nils Goroll
nils.goroll at uplex.de
Mon Feb 3 14:59:06 UTC 2025
commit 1d2175b5af7e3fe5f4436f0ee143dbe5451f7058
Author: Nils Goroll <nils.goroll at uplex.de>
Date: Mon Feb 3 15:54:12 2025 +0100
doc: Mention noexec and workdir
Ref #3943
diff --git a/doc/sphinx/installation/platformnotes.rst b/doc/sphinx/installation/platformnotes.rst
index d9a77ad08..eee80f795 100644
--- a/doc/sphinx/installation/platformnotes.rst
+++ b/doc/sphinx/installation/platformnotes.rst
@@ -35,6 +35,12 @@ Otherwise, consider creating a ``tmpfs`` mountpoint at *workdir*, or configure
Note: Very valid reasons exist for *not* following this recommendation, if you
know what you are doing.
+workdir can not be mounted ``noexec``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Varnish compiles VCL to a shared object and needs to load it at runtime. So the
+workdie can not reside on a file system mounted with ``noexec``.
+
Lift locked memory limits
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