stack frames

Alexandre Oliva aoliva@redhat.com
Fri Dec 29 12:35:00 GMT 2000


On Dec 29, 2000, Roland Silver <rollo@kitcarson.net> wrote:

> 1. How many bytes are allocated to the F-stack when an app is launched?

It depends on the operating system.

> 2. How can I specify that allocation?

It depends on the operating system.

> 3. What happens if that stack is overpushed?

Undefined behavior.

> 4. Is there protection against overpushing the F-stack?

Only in functions compiled with -fstack-check.

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