Re: Windows 64 bit and stack size created by new thread is different
"Robert Zanatta" <Robert Zanatta@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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I hope this is the correct forum to ask this question.
If no one responds here, I'd try the kernel group
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel
I have a server application that creates a lot of threads (has to for now,
but this can change in the future).
A thread pool is your friend. :-)
To keep the VM size down, the application is linked with /STACK:65536, and
every thread that is created is done so with a specification of a 64K size
and the option STACK_SIZE_PARAM_IS_A_RESERVATION. This works in keeping
the
amount of reserved memory down to approximately 64K for each new thread on
platforms such as WinXP x32 and Win2K3 Server x32.
On Win2K3 Server R2 x64, the amount of memory reserved for each new
threads
is not 64K, but approximately 384K. On WinXP x64, it is similar.
Anyone have an idea as to why this happens, and better yet, a way of
keeping
the reserve size down to what I have specified?
I wonder if is possible that the reservation is honored but that there is
something about using compatibility mode that requires the extra stack
space.
Regards,
Will
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