#8189: Default to infinite stack size? -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Reporter: nh2 | Owner: Type: bug | Status: new Priority: high | Milestone: 7.8.1 Component: Runtime | Version: 7.6.3 System | Keywords: Resolution: | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Operating System: | Difficulty: Easy (less than 1 hour) Unknown/Multiple | Blocked By: Type of failure: Runtime | Related Tickets: crash | Test Case: | Blocking: | -------------------------------+------------------------------------------- Comment (by bgamari): I have another branch up at https://github.com/bgamari/ghc/compare/bump- stack-limit. In this branch I, * Introduce `getPhysicalMemorySize` to `rts/posix/` and `rts/win32`. Only the posix variant has been tested. * Fix `RtsUtils.c:stackOverflow` to print the actual stack size instead of the stack size limit. This requires a patch in `base` https://github.com/bgamari/packages-base/compare/infinite-stack * Allow RTS to take `-K 0` to disable the stack size limit. This is a hold-over from the last set and should arguably be dropped. * Set the default stack size limit to 80% of physical memory * Update the user guide appropriately Let me know how this looks. It would be great to get this in for 7.8. -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/8189#comment:21 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler