From: Miguel de Icaza <miguel@gnome.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 14:44:58 +0000 (-0000)
Subject: Add
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svn path=/trunk/mono/; revision=85687
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diff --git a/docs/stack-overflow.txt b/docs/stack-overflow.txt
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+Stack Overflow Detection
+
+	Mono supports converting a stack overflow into a
+	StackOverflowException that the user can use to 
+	pinpoint problems in his software.
+
+	The detection works by:
+
+	      * Setting up a number of guard pages below a certain
+	      point in the thread stack and unprotect them if we get a
+	      segv there.
+
+	      * If a segv is caught on those pages, control is
+                transfered to the standard exception handling code.
+
+	      * During the unwinding, the stack pages are protected
+	        again.