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SubjectRe: [PATCH] (3/3) stack overflow checking for x86
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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