Reserve 1GB at the base address of linux nacl_helper for Native Client.

chrome/nacl/nacl_helper_bootstrap_linux.c

+/* Copyright (c) 2011 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ *
+ * Bootstraping the nacl_helper. This executable reserves the bottom 1G
+ * of the address space, then invokes nacl_helper_main. Note that,
+ * as the text of this executable will eventually be overwritten by the
+ * native_client module, nacl_helper_init must not attempt to return.
+ */
+
+#include <assert.h>
+
+/* reserve 1GB of space */
+#define ONEGIG 0x40000000

[Roland McGrath, 2011/08/15 20:15:51]

I use (1 << 30).

[Brad Chen, 2011/08/15 23:02:28]

Seems at least as clear. Changed as per your suggestion.

On 2011/08/15 20:15:51, Roland McGrath wrote:

+char nacl_reserved_space[ONEGIG];
+
+void nacl_helper_init(int argc, char *argv[],
+                      const char *nacl_reserved_space);
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  nacl_helper_init(argc, argv, nacl_reserved_space);
+  assert(0);

[Roland McGrath, 2011/08/15 20:15:51]

It's better to use abort(), in case -DNDEBUG is used (which renders assert a
no-op).

[Brad Chen, 2011/08/15 23:02:28]

Done.

+  return 0;  // convince the tools I'm sane.
+}