Hi, The elf image of your application contains enough information on the amount of memory needed for it to be loaded. The dynamic memory needed (for stack growth / runtime allocations) are done dynamically as the stack and heap can grow and shrink as needed. Thanks, Rajat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ