Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2001 00:59:38 -0700 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Semen A. Ustimenko" <semenu@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Kernel stack size Message-ID: <200108080759.f787xcZ00644@mass.dis.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Aug 2001 00:17:13 %2B0600." <Pine.BSF.4.21.0108080000170.4841-100000@default>
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> I'm developing some code running in kernel that use a lot of stack. And it
> seems i run into stack overflow. This results in some proc structure
> related parts overwrite (particulary p->p_stats->p_timer[ITIMER_PROF]) and
> unexpected signals. (Otherwise, it usually page faults inside
> swi_net_next())
>
> Could somebody explain how this can happen (i thought i would panic and
> say ``stack oveflow'') and how this can be avoided?
Use less stack.
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