Hiiiyooo, Ive another silly question. I gather that max kernel stack allocated for a process is 8k ( 2 pages ) by the linux kernel. ( correct me if im wrong here ). If so, what happens when a dirty recursive program never stops ? -nagaraj -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/