[ntp:questions] Re: Stack size

Ulrich Windl Ulrich.Windl at RZ.Uni-Regensburg.DE
Mon Sep 15 14:25:09 UTC 2003


kri222 at hotmail.com (Krish) writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I am running the ntp in linux machine and it is showing up a stack
> size usage of nearly ~2M.  I am surprised why NTP is using 2Meg of
> stack size.

I can imagine that the user's stack quota plays a role there: The
process tries to lock the entire stack in RAM (the real-time stuff).

Regards,
Ulrich

> Is there a way to adjust the stack size.  Does 2M sound reasonable
> size?
> 
> Any answers on this.
> 
> Thanks.
> Krish



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