Re: [CHECKER] large stack variables (>=1K) in 2.4.4 and 2.4.4-ac8

dean gaudet (dean-list-linux-kernel@arctic.org)
Fri, 25 May 2001 08:31:24 -0700 (PDT)


another possibility for a debugging mode for the kernel would be to hack
gcc to emit something like the following in the prologue of every function
(after the frame is allocated):

movl %esp,%edx
andl %edx,0x1fff
cmpl %edx,sizeof(struct task)+512
jbe stack_overflow

where stack_overflow is a no_return routine... the 512 is just some fudge
factor where if we get that low on the stack we probably want to know
about it (perhaps compile time tuneable).

-dean

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