Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2002 10:28:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <eischen@pcnet1.pcnet.com> To: Tim Robbins <tjr@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: walt <wa1ter@hotmail.com>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvsup, mozilla, pan segfaulting since yesterday? Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10209151024001.1206-100000@pcnet1.pcnet.com> In-Reply-To: <20020915235325.A45719@dilbert.robbins.dropbear.id.au>
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On Sun, 15 Sep 2002, Tim Robbins wrote: > On Sat, Sep 14, 2002 at 11:00:21PM -0700, walt wrote: > > > Tim Robbins wrote: > > > > > ...You might consider editing > > > src/lib/libc_r/uthread/pthread_private.h and making PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT > > > a bit larger (1048576 should be more than enough). > > > > I edited the file as directed and did a make && make install in > > /usr/src/lib/ and watched to make sure that libc_r recompiled. > > > > Unfortunately it made no difference--the apps still segfault. > > > > Is there something else I need to do? > > The changes have been backed out now, but I think that changing: > > _pthread_guard_default = getpagesize(); > > to: > > _pthread_guard_default = 32 * getpagesize(); > > in _thread_init() in uthread_init.c as well as changing PTHREAD_STACK_DEFAULT > might have made Mozilla work but it's fairly wasteful. There are portable ways to do this. If you need bigger thread stacks, then set them with pthread_attr_setstacksize(). If you need bigger guard pages, the set them with pthread_attr_setguardsize(). -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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