Sizing the stack

Kevin Kilzer <kkilzer@inficad.com>
10 Mar 2001 15:56:15 -0500

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From: Kevin Kilzer <kkilzer@inficad.com>
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 10 Mar 2001 15:56:15 -0500
Organization: WinStar GoodNet, Inc.
Keywords: assembler, tools, question, comment
Posted-Date: 10 Mar 2001 15:56:15 EST

I need a tool that, given assembly language files, can calculate the
maximum depth of the stack that will be used by a program, counted
from some specified entry point.


Any suggestions?


Kevin
[In general it's undecidable, but I'd imagine one could write a static
analyzer that could produce useful results for a lot of real programs.
-John]

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