PROBLEM: large auto variables cause segfault under 2.6

[Andrei A. Voropaev]

Declaring very large auto variables cause segfaults in the program under
2.6 kernel.

Take a look at this program.

  int main( int argc, char **argv )
  {
       unsigned char  bRet = 0;
  
       char tst[67123456];
  
  
       const char* pcSupportedParams = "d:t:lV:C:cP:h";
  
       printf("pcSupportedParams = %s\n");
       return 0;
  }

When compiled it produces segfault under kernel 2.6.8.1. The problem is
with that large array. Under 2.4 kernel the program gets its memory
region automatically extended to accomodate for large auto variables.
Under 2.6 it gets segment violation signal.
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