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From: micky@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mayank Choudhary)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Tasks and stacksize(s)
Message-ID: <1844@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu>
Date: Tue, 17-Nov-87 17:05:52 EST
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Posted: Tue Nov 17 17:05:52 1987
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Hi!

How are the mem param of task_init and the stacksize params of
task_init and task_start related? Logically, mem is total memory
allocated, out of which stacksize amount is given to each task, right?
Well, i started out by setting mem to 40000 and stacksize of task_init
to 4000. From the procedure p, of task_init, I created 4 more tasks
each with 5000 bytes of stacksize. That totals up to 24000 bytes.

On running the program, it stops after starting 3/4 tasks, with perror
stating that it was an unknown error. The man page says, task start
fails if for example it fails to allocate stack space. I have changed
numbers to no avail. What other reasons are there?

Any suggestions, comments on my understanding of this mem allocation
stuff, be grately appreciated.

Cheers
micky

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