linux-kernel - Wanted: simple, safe x86 stack overflow detection

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Message-ID: <45E5913D.3080505@redhat.com>
Date:	Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:27:09 -0500
From:	Chuck Ebbert <cebbert@...hat.com>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Subject: Wanted: simple, safe x86 stack overflow detection

Can we just put a canary in the threadinfo and check it on every
task switch? What are the drawbacks?
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