[PATCH] allow LinuxThreads to have larger stacks for the main thread

[Ulrich Drepper]

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Wolfram Gloger wrote:

>  #define STACK_SIZE  (2 * 1024 * 1024)
>  #endif
>  
> +/* The max size of the main thread's stack.  Only used if
> +   !FLOATING_STACKS and !_STACK_GROWS_UP.  */
> +#ifndef MAIN_STACK_SIZE_MAX
> +#define MAIN_STACK_SIZE_MAX  (64 * STACK_SIZE)
> +#endif

This is not usable.  Many architectures severely limit the stack size.
On x86 there is a hard limit of 8MB.  The remaining 120MB would be
unused, or worse, used for other mappings.

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