Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 31 Oct 2002 21:30:32 +0000 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] (3/3) stack overflow checking for x86 |
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On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 11:20:52AM -0800, David C. Hansen wrote: > * stack checking (3/3) > - use gcc's profiling features to check for stack overflows upon > entry to functions. > - Warn if the task goes over 4k. > - Panic if the stack gets within 512 bytes of overflowing. > - use kksymoops information, if available > > This won't apply cleanly without the irqstack patch, but the conflict is > easy to resolve. It requires the thread_info cleanup.
I'm wondering about interaction between this patch and the already merged CONFIG_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW ?
Dave
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