X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2006 20:48:07 -0800 From: "Joshua Daniel Franklin" To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [FAQ alert] RE: segfault on memory intensive programs In-Reply-To: <065d01c65403$4232d320$a501a8c0@CAM.ARTIMI.COM> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline References: <20060330135049 DOT 70352 DOT qmail AT web34801 DOT mail DOT mud DOT yahoo DOT com> <065d01c65403$4232d320$a501a8c0 AT CAM DOT ARTIMI DOT COM> X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by delorie.com id k324mMuf000654 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 > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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. -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/