From 9a7c524dc613595e0d88b3e22b0e49b69467ffc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ned Deily Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 00:19:56 -0700 Subject: Issue #9670: Increase the default stack size for secondary threads on Mac OS X and FreeBSD to reduce the chances of a crash instead of a "maximum recursion depth" RuntimeError exception. (patch by Ronald Oussoren) --- Python/thread_pthread.h | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) (limited to 'Python/thread_pthread.h') diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h index 32fd2d0ef74..244ebacaadc 100644 --- a/Python/thread_pthread.h +++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h @@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ #ifndef THREAD_STACK_SIZE #define THREAD_STACK_SIZE 0 /* use default stack size */ #endif + +#if (defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__FreeBSD__)) && defined(THREAD_STACK_SIZE) && THREAD_STACK_SIZE == 0 + /* The default stack size for new threads on OSX is small enough that + * we'll get hard crashes instead of 'maximum recursion depth exceeded' + * exceptions. + * + * The default stack size below is the minimal stack size where a + * simple recursive function doesn't cause a hard crash. + */ +#undef THREAD_STACK_SIZE +#define THREAD_STACK_SIZE 0x400000 +#endif /* for safety, ensure a viable minimum stacksize */ #define THREAD_STACK_MIN 0x8000 /* 32kB */ #else /* !_POSIX_THREAD_ATTR_STACKSIZE */ -- cgit v1.2.3