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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