In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Jeremy write
s:
>Many years ago, I wrote a tool that analysed stack requirements by
>parsing the assembler output from the compiler.  It determined the
>stack frame requirements and built a call flow graph to determine
>total stack depth.  It had some hooks to allow indirect function
>calls to be specified manually.  It couldn't handle alloca() (and
>equivalents), but they were forbidden by the design standards.
>
>
>What are other people's opinions on the usefulness of something
>like this?

Commit it either as a general tool or as a kernel targeted tool
under src/tools.  And the faster the better :-)

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