Subject: Re: random signals kill my processes with -current
To: None <perry@piermont.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: port-sparc
Date: 01/27/1997 09:43:26
On Mon, 27 Jan 1997 08:08:50 -0500
"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't it be superior to detect and prevent the stack overflow? This
> could happen on other architectures at some point, and the overflow
> might go past the user structure...
Out of curiosity, how much stack does proc0 get? The hp300 port
gives it NBPG (4k); it's the first thing in the data segment (tmpstk,
which is also used during context switches, and while in the
kernel debugger).
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