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64K default stacksize of Posix threads

 
Bhoyet Orillo
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‎05-28-2001 06:53 PM

‎05-28-2001 06:53 PM

64K default stacksize of Posix threads

What is the reason behind the 64K default
stack size of Posix threads in HP?
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Kiran N. Mehta
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‎05-29-2001 12:55 AM

‎05-29-2001 12:55 AM

Re: 64K default stacksize of Posix threads

Memory for per-thread stacks is allocated from the finite data segment of the process; the default thread-stack size of 64K --albeit much smaller than the more common default-size of 1M-- will allow more number of threads to be concurrently spawned and may have been found to be sufficient for most code-paths...

My two cents,
Kiran
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