src/os/linux/vm/os_linux.cpp

rev 12283 : 8169373: Work around linux NPTL stack guard error.
Summary: Also streamline OS guard page handling on linuxs390, linuxppc, aixppc.

@@ -721,12 +721,19 @@
   // init thread attributes
   pthread_attr_t attr;
   pthread_attr_init(&attr);
   pthread_attr_setdetachstate(&attr, PTHREAD_CREATE_DETACHED);
 
-  // calculate stack size if it's not specified by caller
+  // Calculate stack size if it's not specified by caller.
   size_t stack_size = os::Posix::get_initial_stack_size(thr_type, req_stack_size);
+  // In the Linux NPTL pthread implementation the guard size mechanism
+  // is not implemented properly. The posix standard requires to add
+  // the size of the guard pages to the stack size, instead Linux
+  // takes the space out of 'stacksize'. Thus we adapt the requested
+  // stack_size by the size of the guard pages to mimick proper
+  // behaviour.
+  stack_size = align_size_up(stack_size + os::Linux::default_guard_size(thr_type), vm_page_size());
   pthread_attr_setstacksize(&attr, stack_size);
 
   // glibc guard page
   pthread_attr_setguardsize(&attr, os::Linux::default_guard_size(thr_type));