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Re: [FAQ alert] RE: segfault on memory intensive programs
- From: "Joshua Daniel Franklin" <joshuadfranklin at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:48:07 -0800
- Subject: Re: [FAQ alert] RE: segfault on memory intensive programs
- References: <20060330135049.70352.qmail@web34801.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <065d01c65403$4232d320$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
On 3/30/06, Dave Korn wrote:
> As to the FAQ entry, it really needs a little alteration. Ping JDF!
>
> It should make clear that those parameters are in bytes. The example of a
> 4k stack and 1k heap is a bit unrealistic and it might be more productive to
> show people how to make exes with /big/ stacks, since that's the problem
> people usually run into. How about something a bit more like
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------<snip>
> 21.
>
> How can I adjust the heap/stack size of an application?
>
> If you need to change the maximum amount of memory available to Cygwin, see
> http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/setup-maxmem.html. Otherwise, just pass the
> desired heap/stack size in bytes as linker arguments to gcc. To create foo.exe
> with a heap size of 200MB and a stack size of 8MB, you would invoke gcc as:
>
> gcc -Wl,--heap,200000000,--stack,8000000 -o foo foo.c
> -------------------------------------------------------------<snip>
I'll get to this and the other items soon-ish. I got a cheap laptop on ebay
(but very portable... Dell x200) and just finished getting it set up.
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