Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 8 Oct 2000 14:06:56 -0700 | From | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <> | Subject | Re: User-mode linux stack overflow: could be generic problem |
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On Sun, Oct 08, 2000 at 11:21:01AM -0500, Jeff Dike wrote: > jeremy@goop.org said: > > Even with this patch, the overflow is 808 bytes (without the patch > > it's 1232 bytes). > > I was mulling over some other changes that would have saved another 256 bytes, > but those don't look like they would help. Try the patch below. It > essentially gives up and lets the stack occupy half of the lower page.
Well, that sweeps the problem under the carpet enough to make progress...
> Also, could you look at the stack pointer at each frame, to see if you are > encountering any stack hogs in the generic kernel? In a different situation, > I found devfs putting a 3K structure on the stack.
OK, I'll look into it.
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