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historically linux limited the number of supplementary groups a process could be in to 32, but this limit was raised to 65536 in linux 2.6.4. proposals to support the new limit, change NGROUPS_MAX, or make it dynamic have been stalled due to the impact it would have on initgroups where the groups array exists in automatic storage. the changes here decouple initgroups from the value of NGROUPS_MAX and allow it to fall back to allocating a buffer in the case where getgrouplist indicates the user has more supplementary groups than could be reported in the buffer. getgrouplist already involves allocation, so this does not pull in any new link dependency. likewise, getgrouplist is already using the public malloc (vs internal libc one), so initgroups does the same. if this turns out not to be the best choice, both can be changed together later. the initial buffer size is left at 32, but now as the literal value, so that any potential future change to NGROUPS_MAX will not affect initgroups.
musl libc
musl, pronounced like the word "mussel", is an MIT-licensed
implementation of the standard C library targetting the Linux syscall
API, suitable for use in a wide range of deployment environments. musl
offers efficient static and dynamic linking support, lightweight code
and low runtime overhead, strong fail-safe guarantees under correct
usage, and correctness in the sense of standards conformance and
safety. musl is built on the principle that these goals are best
achieved through simple code that is easy to understand and maintain.
The 1.1 release series for musl features coverage for all interfaces
defined in ISO C99 and POSIX 2008 base, along with a number of
non-standardized interfaces for compatibility with Linux, BSD, and
glibc functionality.
For basic installation instructions, see the included INSTALL file.
Information on full musl-targeted compiler toolchains, system
bootstrapping, and Linux distributions built on musl can be found on
the project website:
http://www.musl-libc.org/