Re: honoring gcc test stack size

[Joel Sherrill]

Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> > 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.
>   
OK.  I will add it to the GCC Projects page.
Would this go into the Bug Patrol section of the
Beginner Projects section?

--joel
> brgds, H-P
>   


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