This is the mail archive of the libc-alpha@sourceware.org mailing list for the glibc project.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]
Other format: [Raw text]

Re: [PATCH] Use malloca instead alloca


> x86 version
> linux/arch/x86/mm/mmap.c
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> static unsigned long mmap_base(void)
> {
>    unsigned long gap = rlimit(RLIMIT_STACK);
>
>   if (gap < MIN_GAP)
>     gap = MIN_GAP;
>   else if (gap > MAX_GAP)
>     gap = MAX_GAP;
>
>   return PAGE_ALIGN(TASK_SIZE - gap - mmap_rnd());
> }

One more thing. mmap_base is calculated at process creation time. However
RLIMIT_STACK is used when actual stack expansion. then weird scenario might
occur when process changes RLIMIT_STACK dynamically.


Index Nav: [Date Index] [Subject Index] [Author Index] [Thread Index]
Message Nav: [Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]