From 3e85874b1ea00d395a2add6b1cf38eef34bc2c38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001

From: Tim Waugh <twaugh@redhat.com>

Date: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:54:33 +0100

Subject: [PATCH] Limit in-memory buffer size

Limit the amount of saved data to 200Mb so we don't fail on

large files.

Original ticket: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=198165

---

 src/grep.c |    6 ++++++

 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/grep.c b/src/grep.c

index 4363b4a..46ce140 100644

--- a/src/grep.c

+++ b/src/grep.c

@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ fillbuf (size_t save, struct stats const *stats)

   int cc = 1;

   char *readbuf;

   size_t readsize;

+  const size_t max_save = 200 * 1024 * 1024;

+

+  /* Limit the amount of saved data to 200Mb so we don't fail on

+   * large files. */

+  if (save > max_save)

+    save = max_save;

   /* Offset from start of buffer to start of old stuff

      that we want to save.  */

-- 

1.5.5.1