Re: [MiNT] Stack space / Stack tool

[Peter Slegg <p.slegg@scubadivers.co.uk>]

On Sat, 19 Feb 2011 12:24:22 , m0n0 <ole@monochrom.net> wrote:
>
>  Hello,
>
>  because of stack issues with some pages (yahoo & dict.leo.org) I had to
>  increase the stack space for netsurf. I increased it to a really big
>  value =) 3000k.
>  (I think the prober solution would be to patch mintlibs regex module to
>  use malloc instead of alloca, if that doesn't help, then there is an
>  more hidden bug within regex lib... then it isn't allocating to much
>  memory, but is writing out of bounds... - anyway, I think that alloca
>  should check if sizeof requested memory exceeds the available stack
>  size...)
>
>  This stack increase works ok with aranym, but it doesn't seem to work
>  with an CT63 Falcon. It says "Not enough memory" - when you decrease the
>  stack value, it works again.
>
>  Has someone explanation for this? Because there is enough free RAM...
>  It also seems  the flags are OK: AltLoad & AltMalloc flags are set.
>
>  Greets,
>  m

Is the stack size limited by the cpu ?  Is there a test case you could send
me to run on the Milan ?

Peter