GUSI on the Mac creates threads with a default stack size of 20KB, which is
not enough for Python. Increased the stacksize to a (somewhat arbitrary)
64KB.
diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h
index db3115a..6910ccb 100644
--- a/Python/thread_pthread.h
+++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@
#endif
+#ifdef USE_GUSI
+/* The Macintosh GUSI I/O library sets the stackspace to
+** 20KB, much too low. We up it to 64K.
+*/
+#define THREAD_STACK_SIZE 0x10000
+#endif
+
/* set default attribute object for different versions */
@@ -128,10 +135,17 @@
{
pthread_t th;
int success;
+#ifdef THREAD_STACK_SIZE
+ pthread_attr_t attrs;
+#endif
dprintf(("PyThread_start_new_thread called\n"));
if (!initialized)
PyThread_init_thread();
+#ifdef THREAD_STACK_SIZE
+ pthread_attr_init(&attrs);
+ pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attrs, THREAD_STACK_SIZE);
+#endif
success = pthread_create(&th,
#if defined(PY_PTHREAD_D4)
pthread_attr_default,
@@ -146,12 +160,18 @@
func,
arg
#elif defined(PY_PTHREAD_STD)
+#ifdef THREAD_STACK_SIZE
+ &attrs,
+#else
(pthread_attr_t*)NULL,
+#endif
(void* (*)(void *))func,
(void *)arg
#endif
);
-
+#ifdef THREAD_STACK_SIZE
+ pthread_attr_destroy(&attrs);
+#endif
if (success == 0) {
#if defined(PY_PTHREAD_D4) || defined(PY_PTHREAD_D6) || defined(PY_PTHREAD_D7)
pthread_detach(&th);
