Guennadi Liakhovetski <gl@dsa-ac.de> [2003-09-12 17:47]: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003, Lukas Ruf wrote: > > > 2.4.21: > > ./include/linux/sched.h: > > /* > > * Limit the stack by to some sane default: root can always > > * increase this limit if needed.. 8MB seems reasonable. > > */ > > #define _STK_LIM (8*1024*1024) > > > > a way to address: > > > > man 3 ulimit > > man bash > > and in there: > > / ulimit > > Yes, this is the _limit_, but I don't think each task gets 8Mb stack on > creation:-) So, it gets some stack, and then it is dynamically allocated > up-to the limit. > If you take a look at ./include/linux/sched.h, you find ./sched.h:# define INIT_TASK_SIZE 2048*sizeof(long) ./sched.h: unsigned long stack[INIT_TASK_SIZE/sizeof(long)]; > > btw, I would consider allocating 8 mega bytes on the stack not very good > > programming style.... > > No, I was thinking more like 8K:-) > well, this, at least, should work without problems ,-) wbr, Lukas -- Lukas Ruf | Wanna know anything about raw | <http://www.lpr.ch> | IP? <http://www.rawip.org> | -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
