Re: honoring gcc test stack size

[Hans-Peter Nilsson]

> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:12:45 -0600
> From: Joel Sherrill <address@hidden>

> Would it make sense in the future as a (beginner?)
> GCC project to let me generate a set of GCC testresults
> and let someone see which tests have issues honoring
> the stack size.
> 
> (Run 1) Run with a small 2-8K stack.
> (Run 2) Run with 256K or 512K stack and print stack
>   usage via an atexit() function.

I'd suggest something like 64M (large enough to PASS most hungry
tests, but doesn't oom your machine), 512K is still a bit small.

> What passed in Run 2 but fails in Run 1 has a stack issue
> and the report in Run 2's log would show the peak.
> 
> Repeat until the runs have the same results.
> 
> Would that be useful?

Yes, I think so.

brgds, H-P