/* chmem - set total memory size for execution Author: Andy Tanenbaum */ #include <sys/types.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <unistd.h> /* Should include a.out.h or exec.h. Here is an approximation. */ #define HLONG 8 /* header size in longs */ #define TEXT 2 /* where is text size in header */ #define DATA 3 /* where is data size in header */ #define BSS 4 /* where is bss size in header */ #define TOT 6 /* where in header is total allocation */ #define TOTPOS 24 /* where is total in header */ #define SEPBIT 0x00200000 /* this bit is set for separate I/D */ #define MAGIC 0x0301 /* magic number for executable progs */ #define MAX_8086 0x10000L /* maximum allocation size for 8086 */ #define MAX_386 0x7FFFFFFFL /* etc */ #define MAX_68K 0x7FFFFFFFL #define CPU_8086 4 /* CPU code for 8086 executables */ #define CPU_386 0x10 /* etc */ #define CPU_68K 0x0B /* from Minix-PC a.out.h - unreliable */ main(argc, argv) int argc; char *argv[]; { /* The 8088 architecture does not make it possible to catch stacks that grow * big. The only way to deal with this problem is to let the stack grow down * towards the data segment and the data segment grow up towards the stack. * Normally, a total of 64K is allocated for the two of them, but if the * programmer knows that a smaller amount is sufficient, he can change it * using chmem. * * chmem =4096 prog sets the total space for stack + data growth to 4096 * chmem +200 prog increments the total space for stack + data growth by 200 */ char *p; int fd, separate; long lsize, olddynam, newdynam, newtot, overflow, header[HLONG]; char cpu; long max; if (argc != 3) usage(); p = argv[1]; if (*p != '=' && *p != '+' && *p != '-') usage(); lsize = atol(p + 1); fd = open(argv[2], O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) stderr3("chmem: can't open ", argv[2], "\n"); if (read(fd, (char *) header, sizeof(header)) != sizeof(header)) stderr3("chmem: ", argv[2], "bad header\n"); if ((header[0] & 0xFFFFL) != MAGIC) stderr3("chmem: ", argv[2], " not executable\n"); separate = (header[0] & SEPBIT ? 1 : 0); cpu = (char) (header[0] >> 24); /* cpu byte is most significant */ if (cpu == CPU_8086 && *(unsigned short *) &header[0] != MAGIC) cpu = CPU_68K; /* 8086 code with 68K byte order == 68K */ switch(cpu) { case CPU_8086: max = MAX_8086; break; case CPU_386: max = MAX_386; break; case CPU_68K: max = MAX_68K; break; default: stderr3("chmem: ", argv[2], "bad CPU type\n"); } if (lsize < 0) stderr3("chmem: ", p+1, " negative size not allowed\n"); if (lsize > max) stderr3("chmem: ", p + 1, " too large\n"); olddynam = header[TOT] - header[DATA] - header[BSS]; if (separate == 0) olddynam -= header[TEXT]; if (*p == '=') newdynam = lsize; else if (*p == '+') newdynam = olddynam + lsize; else if (*p == '-') newdynam = olddynam - lsize; newtot = header[DATA] + header[BSS] + newdynam; if (separate == 0) newtot += header[TEXT]; overflow = (newtot > max ? newtot - max : 0); newdynam -= overflow; newtot -= overflow; lseek(fd, (long) TOTPOS, SEEK_SET); if (write(fd, (char *) &newtot, 4) < 0) stderr3("chmem: can't modify ", argv[2], "\n"); printf("%s: Stack+malloc area changed from %ld to %ld bytes.\n", argv[2], olddynam, newdynam); exit(0); } usage() { std_err("chmem {=+-} amount file\n"); exit(1); } stderr3(s1, s2, s3) char *s1, *s2, *s3; { std_err(s1); std_err(s2); std_err(s3); exit(1); }