diff -r 31000d79ec71 -r 485d403e94e1 src/os/linux/vm/attachListener_linux.cpp
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/attachListener_linux.cpp	Wed Mar 12 18:09:34 2008 -0700
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/attachListener_linux.cpp	Wed Mar 12 18:37:03 2008 -0700
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@
   // where <ver> is the protocol version (1), <cmd> is the command
   // name ("load", "datadump", ...), and <arg> is an argument
   int expected_str_count = 2 + AttachOperation::arg_count_max;
-  int max_len = (strlen(ver_str) + 1) + (AttachOperation::name_length_max + 1) +
+  const int max_len = (sizeof(ver_str) + 1) + (AttachOperation::name_length_max + 1) +
     AttachOperation::arg_count_max*(AttachOperation::arg_length_max + 1);
 
   char buf[max_len];