1.1 --- a/src/os_cpu/linux_x86/vm/os_linux_x86.cpp Tue Mar 05 08:50:59 2013 +0100
1.2 +++ b/src/os_cpu/linux_x86/vm/os_linux_x86.cpp Tue Mar 05 13:55:56 2013 -0800
1.3 @@ -305,6 +305,11 @@
1.4 // to handle_unexpected_exception way down below.
1.5 thread->disable_stack_red_zone();
1.6 tty->print_raw_cr("An irrecoverable stack overflow has occurred.");
1.7 +
1.8 + // This is a likely cause, but hard to verify. Let's just print
1.9 + // it as a hint.
1.10 + tty->print_raw_cr("Please check if any of your loaded .so files has "
1.11 + "enabled executable stack (see man page execstack(8))");
1.12 } else {
1.13 // Accessing stack address below sp may cause SEGV if current
1.14 // thread has MAP_GROWSDOWN stack. This should only happen when
