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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: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 21:11:39 -0700
- 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> <cb51e2e0604012048i4e3e3c38g470863d96bfdbd37@mail.gmail.com>
On 4/1/06, Joshua Daniel Franklin wrote:
> 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>
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