stack size limit on ppc/ppc64

[Anil K Prasad]

Hi All,

I have code which shouldn't work, working under ppc64 linux.
int main()
{
      char *p = (char*)0x50000000;

      while(p < 0xfffff000){
            *p = 'a';
            p++;
      }
      while(1);
      return 0;
}

Theoretically, above code should cause segmentation violation. But on ppc64
linux, it puts variable 'p ' in stack segment, I looked at /proc/pid/maps,
and there was huge memory area from 0x50000000 ---> 0xFFFFF000.

It behaving perfectly as expected on Intel Linux i.e. causing segmentation
violation. Even on ppc64 If I make ptr to point to un-used segment between
text and data, then it get signal 11.

Is there any reason for increasing stack range from upper end address to
any arbitrary address??

Thanks,
Anil.


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