> Hi Dick,
>
> > So you are saying that setup_frame() should reserve enough signal
> > stack-space to use the default handler if the signal stack grows
> > beyond limits? Let's look at the case of root where there is no
> > getrlimit set.
>
> No. The default action for SEGV (the signal we are interested here),
> is to drop core. This doesn't require any user-stack space (just a call
> to do_exit()).
>
But isn't that call on the signal stack?
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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