From 8b7cfee26b71e66de2cef9f8db9d9e18f5439afd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Roberto Ierusalimschy Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 13:26:36 -0300 Subject: Small changes around C-stack limit - Better documentation in 'testes/cstack.lua' about using 'debug.setCstacklimit' to find a good limit. - Constant LUAI_MAXCSTACK gets added CSTACKERR (extra stack for error handling), so that it is compatible with the argument to 'debug.setCstacklimit'. --- testes/cstack.lua | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) (limited to 'testes') diff --git a/testes/cstack.lua b/testes/cstack.lua index c7aa740f..2a55ce21 100644 --- a/testes/cstack.lua +++ b/testes/cstack.lua @@ -4,15 +4,29 @@ local debug = require "debug" print"testing C-stack overflow detection" +print"If this test craches, see its file ('cstack.lua')" + +-- Segmentation faults in these tests probably result from a C-stack +-- overflow. To avoid these errors, you can use the function +-- 'debug.setCstacklimit' to set a smaller limit for the use of +-- C stack by Lua. After finding a reliable limit, you might want +-- to recompile Lua with this limit as the value for +-- the constant 'LUAI_MAXCCALLS', which defines the default limit. +-- (The default limit is printed by this test.) +-- Alternatively, you can ensure a larger stack for the program. + +-- For Linux, a limit up to 30_000 seems Ok. Windows cannot go much +-- higher than 2_000. + local origlimit = debug.setCstacklimit(400) -print("current stack limit: " .. origlimit) -debug.setCstacklimit(origlimit) +print("default stack limit: " .. origlimit) + +-- change this value for different limits for this test suite +local currentlimit = origlimit +debug.setCstacklimit(currentlimit) +print("current stack limit: " .. currentlimit) --- Segmentation faults in these tests probably result from a C-stack --- overflow. To avoid these errors, recompile Lua with a smaller --- value for the constant 'LUAI_MAXCCALLS' or else ensure a larger --- stack for the program. local function checkerror (msg, f, ...) local s, err = pcall(f, ...) @@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ do print("testing changes in C-stack limit") return n end - assert(debug.setCstacklimit(400) == origlimit) + assert(debug.setCstacklimit(400) == currentlimit) local lim400 = check() -- a very low limit (given that the several calls to arive here) local lowlimit = 38 -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb