diff -r 74e790c48cd4 -r 677234770800 src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp
--- a/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Mon Mar 28 12:48:08 2011 +0200
+++ b/src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp	Wed Mar 30 19:38:07 2011 +0400
@@ -2648,45 +2648,39 @@
 // writing thread stacks don't use growable mappings (i.e. those
 // creeated with MAP_GROWSDOWN), and aren't marked "[stack]", so this
 // only applies to the main thread.
-static bool
-get_stack_bounds(uintptr_t *bottom, uintptr_t *top)
-{
-  FILE *f = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
-  if (f == NULL)
+
+static
+bool get_stack_bounds(uintptr_t *bottom, uintptr_t *top) {
+
+  char buf[128];
+  int fd, sz;
+
+  if ((fd = ::open("/proc/self/maps", O_RDONLY)) < 0) {
     return false;
-
-  while (!feof(f)) {
-    size_t dummy;
-    char *str = NULL;
-    ssize_t len = getline(&str, &dummy, f);
-    if (len == -1) {
-      fclose(f);
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    if (len > 0 && str[len-1] == '\n') {
-      str[len-1] = 0;
-      len--;
-    }
-
-    static const char *stack_str = "[stack]";
-    if (len > (ssize_t)strlen(stack_str)
-       && (strcmp(str + len - strlen(stack_str), stack_str) == 0)) {
-      if (sscanf(str, "%" SCNxPTR "-%" SCNxPTR, bottom, top) == 2) {
-        uintptr_t sp = (uintptr_t)__builtin_frame_address(0);
-        if (sp >= *bottom && sp <= *top) {
-          free(str);
-          fclose(f);
-          return true;
+  }
+
+  const char kw[] = "[stack]";
+  const int kwlen = sizeof(kw)-1;
+
+  // Address part of /proc/self/maps couldn't be more than 128 bytes
+  while ((sz = os::get_line_chars(fd, buf, sizeof(buf))) > 0) {
+     if (sz > kwlen && ::memcmp(buf+sz-kwlen, kw, kwlen) == 0) {
+        // Extract addresses
+        if (sscanf(buf, "%" SCNxPTR "-%" SCNxPTR, bottom, top) == 2) {
+           uintptr_t sp = (uintptr_t) __builtin_frame_address(0);
+           if (sp >= *bottom && sp <= *top) {
+              ::close(fd);
+              return true;
+           }
         }
-      }
-    }
-    free(str);
+     }
   }
-  fclose(f);
+
+ ::close(fd);
   return false;
 }
 
+
 // If the (growable) stack mapping already extends beyond the point
 // where we're going to put our guard pages, truncate the mapping at
 // that point by munmap()ping it.  This ensures that when we later