Hi! On 11:58 Thu 24 Apr , Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > as a related thread to the earlier one, is there any protection > against the kernel stack extending downwards until it overruns the > thread_info structure? i'm skeptical that there's *any* call chain in > kernel code that would suck up that much kernel stack, but i'm just > curious. Yes, there is a stack overflow detection. You can enable it in "make menuconfig" under "kernel hacking". Does somebody have an idea about how this works? -Michi -- programing a layer 3+4 network protocol for mesh networks see http://michaelblizek.homelinux.net -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
