Re: configure test "working C stack overflow detection" seems to loop

[Gerard Beekmans]

On February 21, 2003 02:15 pm, you wrote:
> > It seems to loop infinitely until it gets killed by the kernel. The test
> > runs for a few minute in which is consumed 512 MB RAM and 128 MB swap. It
> > then gets killed by the kernel and that's the end of that. I doubt it is
> > intended like this?
>
> Thanks for reporting that.
> It is fixed in the next test release
> which should appear Real Soon Now.

I just wanted to follow up on the problem I had the other day. I tried out the 
new 4.5.8 release and it doesn't exhibit the same symptoms. It runs the check 
and determines that I don't have a working C stack overflow, but without 
using up all the RAM.

Is this normal for a Linux system? I'm running a Glibc-2.3.1 system with a 
2.4.18 kernel.

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