On 27.01.2007 [23:37:16 +1100], David Gibson wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 02:44:59PM -0800, Nishanth Aravamudan wrote:
> > On 26.01.2007 [10:37:03 +1100], David Gibson wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 03:24:56PM -0600, Adam Litke wrote:
> > > > Hmm. On x86, sometimes gcc will optimize out the alloca() call. This
> > > > patch fixes it up nicely. Please apply.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Adam Litke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/tests/stack_grow_into_huge.c b/tests/stack_grow_into_huge.c
> > > > index fc8a030..7112428 100644
> > > > --- a/tests/stack_grow_into_huge.c
> > > > +++ b/tests/stack_grow_into_huge.c
> > > > @@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ void do_child()
> > > > {
> > > > while (1) {
> > > > alloca(16*1024*1024);
> > > > + sleep(0); /* Defeat the gcc optimizer */
> > > > }
> > > > }
> > >
> > > Hrm, that's a little strangely magical. I'd suggest instead doing:
> > > volatile int *x;
> > > x = alloca(lots);
> > > *x = 1;
> > >
> > > Then it's clear that the compiler is forbidden from eliding the
> > > alloca().
> >
> > Agreed, and I prefer this to the barrier() suggestion from Dave. I'll
> > make this change locally and drop Adam's fix-up patch.
>
> Oh, did realise the only problem with that approach is that it will
> really truly allocate rather a lot of memory, which might be a problem
> in some conditions. That can be addressed by making the alloc() block
> size larger.
How much larger do you think it should be than 16M?
Thanks,
Nish
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Nishanth Aravamudan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
IBM Linux Technology Center
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