On Tue, 2010-03-30 at 11:38 -0400, (private) HKS wrote: > On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 10:54 AM, Robert Segall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2010-03-29 at 11:55 -0400, (private) HKS wrote: > >> This seems to be related to configuring with --with-maxbuf 384 on a > >> 64-bit box (I don't have any 64-bit non-FreeBSD boxes, so I can't test > >> that). If I leave that out or use --with-maxbuf 92, there is no > >> initial segfault. > >> > >> Any idea what's going on here? > > > > It might be a problem with the stack size, which is important on some > > *BSD flavours. Try changing (version 2.5, pound.c line 359) > > > > #ifdef NEED_STACK > > /* set new stack size - necessary for OpenBSD/FreeBSD and Linux NPTL */ > > if(pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, 1 << 18)) { > > logmsg(LOG_ERR, "can't set stack size - aborted"); > > exit(1); > > } > > #endif > > > > to a higher value and see if it helps. Also make sure NEED_STACK is > > defined. > > -- > > Robert Segall > > Apsis GmbH > > Postfach, Uetikon am See, CH-8707 > > Tel: +41-32-512 30 19 > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to [email protected]. > > Please contact [email protected] for questions. > > > > Good shot: boosting the stack size to 512k (1 << 19) fixed it. I know > this probably slips into POSIX programming details, but can you help > me understand a bit more of why this was a problem?
Each stack has its own "private" memory (stack). With 64 bits and large buffers this limit is probably too low. -- Robert Segall Apsis GmbH Postfach, Uetikon am See, CH-8707 Tel: +41-32-512 30 19 -- To unsubscribe send an email with subject unsubscribe to [email protected]. Please contact [email protected] for questions.
