[LTP] [PATCH v2] netstress: explicitly set a thread stack size

[Alexey Kodanev]

On 27.11.2020 14:38, Johannes Nixdorf via ltp wrote:
> Musl libc uses a relatively small thread stack size (128k [1]). This
> gets used up on 2 local buffers sized max_msg_len (64k by default),
> which causes a segfault due to a stack overflow in the error reporting
> path.
> 
> Set the stack size to 256k instead, which is enough for both buffers
> with an additional allowance for the remaining stack usage by netstress
> and called libc or ltp helper functions.
> 
> [1]: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wiki.musl-libc.org/functional-differences-from-glibc.html*Thread_stack_size__;Iw!!GqivPVa7Brio!Nat9ZPBR2P2QxOM2IsBWR2WdfOQ1ZNM4IJzjNy5a_bTsHUko9bULz88kJAVK8yQ7Kk8-$ 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Johannes Nixdorf <j.nixdorf@avm.de>
> 
> ---
> 
> v2:
>   - Use a static limit of 256k.
>   - Document the requested stack size in the error message.
>   - Coding style fixup.
> 

Added extra parenthesis to silence possible compiler warnings
and applied, thanks Johannes!