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Modern gcc handles this very well actually. Here: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Stack-Checking.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Stack-Checking

Modern gcc handles this very well actually. Here: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Stack-Checking.html https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gccint/Stack-Checking.html

pjmlp 7y ago
And yet due to several security exploits VLAs are now forbidden in Linux kernel.
- dmitrygr 7y ago
  Stack probing isn't useful in places with fixed length stacks like Linux kernel.