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Subject: RE: Kernel stack overflow in process xxxx
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:59:49 +0800
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Hi, 

My kernel version is 2.6.14.5
I don't see these options.

            Jay...
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Nicholas Mc Guire [mailto:hofrat@hofr.at] 
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Subject: RE: Kernel stack overflow in process xxxx


> By the way, is there any skill/tool to avoid/detect/check this kind of 
> problem?
>
did you try:

Kernel hacking  --->
  ...
  [*] Kernel debugging
  ...
  [*] Check for stack overflows
  [*] Stack utilization instrumentation

the last one depends on SysRq though.

In any case it would be interesting to know if these tools can help find
problems of this kind - so if it does not help - pleas let me/us know.

hofrat