commit 304a47c7d94f407cc72a87025679a67f02288447
author bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@gmail.com> Sun Aug 01 21:31:26 2010 +0200
committer Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com> Sun Aug 01 21:31:26 2010 +0200
tree fedd312d06cce8eb5a7169270455707d5c7b87a5
parent 2da7df1d7d002d11161374ac4f0144521f7be0f0

Reduce thread stack size

This patch reduces the stack size required by fio threads and hence allows
to run fio with 200 or more threads on systems with a moderate amount of
virtual memory.

Signed-off-by: Bart Van Assche <bart.vanassche@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>

fio.c

diff --git a/fio.c b/fio.c
index 896f797..6ab0f4a 100644
--- a/fio.c
+++ b/fio.c
@@ -1380,9 +1380,13 @@
 
 static int fio_start_gtod_thread(void)
 {
+	pthread_attr_t attr;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = pthread_create(&gtod_thread, NULL, gtod_thread_main, NULL);
+	pthread_attr_init(&attr);
+	pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, PTHREAD_STACK_MIN);
+	ret = pthread_create(&gtod_thread, &attr, gtod_thread_main, NULL);
+	pthread_attr_destroy(&attr);
 	if (ret) {
 		log_err("Can't create gtod thread: %s\n", strerror(ret));
 		return 1;