Re: [RFA] Crasher bug in infptrace.c

[Michael Snyder <msnyder at redhat dot com>]

Michael Snyder wrote:
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> >
> > On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Michael Snyder wrote:
> >
> > > + /* Set an upper limit on alloca.  */
> > > + #ifndef GDB_MAX_ALLOCA
> > > + #define GDB_MAX_ALLOCA 0x100000
> > > + #endif
> >
> > Isn't it better to use `getrlimit' to find out the max stack size, than
> > to set up arbitrary limits (and proliferate system-specific definitions
> > of GDB_MAX_ALLOCA)?  At least on systems where `getrlimit' is available,
> > I think we should use it.
> 
> Good idea, but it will require additional work (such as
> using configure to determine whether getrlimit is supported).
> May I suggest that this patch be accepted until someone
> volunteers to do a better one?
> 
> > (FWIW, 1MB is too large for DJGPP, whose runtime stack defaults to
> > 512KB.  `getrlimit' is supported, so it will tell.)
> 
> Does djgpp use infptrace?

And I meant to add -- if so, you can always define GDB_MAX_ALLOCA
to a smaller value.  That's why I included it.