How to detect possible / potential stack overflow problems in a c / c++ program?

Question

Is there a standard way to see how much stack space your app has and what the highest watermark for stack usage is during a run?

Also in the dreaded case of actual o

Answer 1

I would suggest you to use alternate-signal-stack if you are on linux.

1. In this case all the signal will be handled over alternate stack.
2. In case stack overflow occurs, system generates a SEGV signal, this can be handled over alternate stack.
3. If you do not use it ... then you may not be able to handle the signal, and your program may crash without any handling/erro-reporting.