On Thu, 2003-01-09 at 13:05, Rajaram Suresh Gaunker wrote: > why we can't have static memory (arrays) in kernel function , > kernel crashes if i use, i fixed it by dynamically allocating the > memory The kernel stack is only two pages (8KB on x86). This is shared not just be your function but by the entire call chain before it and all interrupts that occur. Limit your on-the-stack allocations appropriately. Your example was _way_ too big. For stuff that big, or even half as big, use kmalloc() and do not forget to kfree()! Robert Love -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
