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Subject: Re: [RFC] a question about stack size form /proc/pid/task/child
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To:     Xishi Qiu <qiuxishi@huawei.com>,
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From:   Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
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Date:   Mon, 27 Nov 2017 12:33:18 +0100
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On 09/06/2017 04:14 AM, Xishi Qiu wrote:
> Hi, I find if I use a defined stack size to create a child thread,
> then the max stack size from /proc/pid/task/child pid/limits still
> shows "Max stack size            8388608", it doesn't update to
> the user defined size, is it a problem?

This reflects the maximum stack size of the main thread after execve. 
The size of the stack of the current thread is a separate matter; it can 
be located anywhere in the process image and much smaller or larger than 
the maximum size of the initial stack of the main thread.

Thanks,
Florian

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