Re: bin/47271: host (1) dumps core on latest netbsd-6

[christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)]

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From: christos%zoulas.com@localhost (Christos Zoulas)
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Subject: Re: bin/47271: host (1) dumps core on latest netbsd-6
Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2012 14:55:46 -0500

 On Dec 2,  6:05pm, campbell+netbsd%mumble.net@localhost (Taylor R Campbell) 
wrote:
 -- Subject: Re: bin/47271: host (1) dumps core on latest netbsd-6
 
 |  I suspect that netbsd-6 didn't take well to ~doubling sizeof(struct
 |  __pthread_st) in christos's recent changes to pthread's thread-
 |  specific data.  On amd64, it formerly fit in a single page; now it
 |  covers nearly two, and I expect it's similar on i386.  The pthread
 |  stack setup changed substantially from 6 to HEAD, so it's not
 |  surprising that these changes might work in HEAD but not in 6.
 
 Does unlimiting the stack fix the problem?
 
 christos