Increase stack size for a program to run

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I'm looking for a way to increase the stack size, for my program to run, the reason is that I've a recursive call causing a stack overflow. Is there anyway I can change the default stack size?

see this solution? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2275550/change-stack-size-for-a-c-application-in-linux-during-compilation-with-gnu-com — taocp, Apr 08 '13 at 19:58
You can on most platforms, but I predict it won't solve your problem. If you overflow the stack, you either have unlimited recursion or at least use asymptotically too much stack space, so even if you increase the stack size, you can only run your program slightly longer/on slightly larger data sets. Better fix your algorithm instead. — , Apr 08 '13 at 19:58
@delnan: I guess it depends... AIX 32bits allocates 96kb for the stack of each thread created with `pthread_create`. It is not that hard to push beyond 96k... — David Rodríguez - dribeas, Apr 08 '13 at 20:31
better suggestion as above - to fix the algorithm. However, the other part is, that the "stack" size of the system would need to be increased and is not specific to the program. The increased stack size allowed on the system then would allow the program to execute (if the code is really blocked by the stack size limitations). For that @jman answer below suffices for setting and validating. — parasrish, Dec 03 '18 at 03:12

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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If its a *NIX, use

ulimit -s <number_in_kb>

You'd set that in your environment before running your program. You can also set it programatically as described in this answer.

You can view the current value by running ulimit -a.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

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answered Apr 08 '13 at 19:59

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '13 at 19:58

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Use editbin to change the stack size of the program:

EDITBIN.EXE /STACK: yourprogram.exe

answered Apr 08 '13 at 19:58

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And what if he uses Linux? – Apr 08 '13 at 19:58
@H2CO3: then he does not have this problem. – PlasmaHH Apr 08 '13 at 19:59
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@PlasmaHH Like any sane system, Linux limits the stack size too. – Apr 08 '13 at 19:59
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@delnan: It does, however not by changing the binary in any way. – PlasmaHH Apr 08 '13 at 20:01

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 08 '13 at 20:01

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Its compiler dependent. In Visual studio stacksize is fixed to 1 MB. You can increase it using /STACK linker option.

answered Apr 08 '13 at 20:01

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