Problem with stack size in pthreads

Ulrich Drepper drepper@redhat.com
Thu Jul 12 13:19:00 GMT 2001


Kaz Kylheku <kaz@ashi.footprints.net> writes:

> How about making checks for a stack pointer that is getting too
> close to __pthread_initial_thread_bos and then adjusting the value.
> This should be okay unless the pointer leaps by a huge amount, going from
> not-too-close to too-far in one step, or in multiple activations without
> any intermittent calls to thread_self.

Nothing which only works in some situations is even worth thinking
about.  It just gives a wrong sense of security.


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