Stack allocation limit for programs on a Linux 32 bit machine

Question

In C++ how much can the stack segment grow before the compiler gives up and says that it cannot allocate more memory for stack.

Using gcc on a linux (fedora) 32 bit

Answer 1

On my 32 bit linux, its 8192K bytes. So it should be the same on your machine.

$ uname -a
Linux TomsterInc 2.6.28-14-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jul 8 07:21:34 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux
$ ulimit -s
8192