sparc stack and heap

[Yacine EL KOLLI]

Marek Prochazka wrote:
>>AFAIK, CONFIGURE_INIT_STACK_SIZE does only change the stack 
>>size of the 
>>init task.
>>For pthread this is defined by default in:
>>cpukit/posix /include/rtems/posix/pthread.h at line 26:
>>#define PTHREAD_MINIMUM_STACK_SIZE (STACK_MINIMUM_SIZE * 2)
> 
> 
> Aaaah, thanks for this, now my pthread stack size gets set using
> pthread_attr_setstacksize and all seems to be O.K.
> 
> 
>>Also you can enable the stack checker (#define 
>>STACK_CHECKER_ON in your 
>>appllication header)
> 
> 
> What will happen if STACK_CHECKER_ON is defined and stack overflow
> occurs?

when STACK_CHECKER_ON is defined the stack boundaries of each task are 
verified during context switch, if a stack overflow is detected then a 
blown stack error is reported on the console output.

> Thanks very much,
> Marek
> 

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