Well each time a new thread is created, memory is allocated for a new stack. I need to reduce the stack size so I have memory for more threads.
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Browse All TopicsI have a program which requires a lot of threads. In order to reduce the memory usage, I want to decrease the thread stack size. How do I go about doing this?
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by: ravenplPosted on 2005-09-07 at 23:39:53ID: 14842467
So far I know You don't nedd it, becouse:
- in fact You can set the stack limit too low, and then...
- in fact memory is allocated when it's used (no preallocation under linux), therefore the stack will not grow larger than it's need to be(plus page allignement).