Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:45:48 -0700
From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Clemens Kolbitsch <clemens.kol@gmx.at>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: user-mode stack size & location
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On Tue, 28 Aug 2007 18:25:01 +0200
Clemens Kolbitsch <clemens.kol@gmx.at> wrote:
> i see that the aout-, elf-, etc. handlers all set this variable -->
> is this the only location where it can be set?
> 
> 2.) when looking at /proc/PID/maps, i see that the stack always ends
> at different locations (obviously close to TASK_SIZE). thus the sizes
> seem to vary. where are they set / where are the infos written to the
> vma's / the PGD?
> 
> any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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hi,

if you look where arch_align_stack() gets called.. that's where you
want to look. arch_align_stack() gets invoked in code that selects
userspace stack pointers....

Greetings,
   Arjan van de Ven
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