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To: Madhavi <madhavis@sasken.com>
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Subject: Re: Stack overflow
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>I have a functionality which works well if the code whcih performs this
>function is embedded in the required function. If this functionality is
>implemented as a separate function, and this function is called at the
>required place, the system crashes. I have used KDB for debugging. But,
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    I'd suggest check the args passed to the function and the sizes they 
would consume when they are passed as 'call by value'.
Try to pass them as pointers maybe.

Yes, i think there is a limit on kernel stack but not i'm not too sure 
about the number.

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