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Debugging segmentation in a multithreaded (using a clone) program

I wrote code to create some threads, and whenever one of the threads ends, a new thread is created to replace it. Since I was unable to create a very large number of threads (> 450) using pthreads, I used the clone system call instead. (Please note that I know that you have such a huge number of threads, but this program is only for stress of the system). Since clone () requires that the stack space for the child thread be specified as a parameter, I malloc the required piece of stack space for each thread and free it when the thread ends. When the thread ends, I send a signal to the parent to notify him of this.
The code is below:

#include <sched.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <signal.h>
#include <unistd.h>
#include <errno.h>

#define NUM_THREADS 5

unsigned long long total_count=0;
int num_threads = NUM_THREADS;
static int thread_pids[NUM_THREADS];
static void *thread_stacks[NUM_THREADS];
int ppid;

int worker() {
 int i;
 union sigval s={0};
 for(i=0;i!=99999999;i++);
 if(sigqueue(ppid, SIGUSR1, s)!=0)
  fprintf(stderr, "ERROR sigqueue");
 fprintf(stderr, "Child [%d] done\n", getpid());
 return 0;
}

void sigint_handler(int signal) {
 char fname[35]="";
 FILE *fp;
 int ch;
 if(signal == SIGINT) {
  fprintf(stderr, "Caught SIGINT\n");
  sprintf(fname, "/proc/%d/status", getpid());
  fp = fopen(fname,"r");
  while((ch=fgetc(fp))!=EOF)
   fprintf(stderr, "%c", (char)ch);
  fclose(fp);
  fprintf(stderr, "No. of threads created so far = %llu\n", total_count);
  exit(0);
 } else
  fprintf(stderr, "Unhandled signal (%d) received\n", signal);
}


int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 int rc, i; long t;
 void *chld_stack, *chld_stack2;
 siginfo_t siginfo;
 sigset_t sigset, oldsigset;

 if(argc>1) {
  num_threads = atoi(argv[1]);
  if(num_threads<1) {
   fprintf(stderr, "Number of threads must be >0\n");
   return -1;
  }
 }
 signal(SIGINT, sigint_handler);

 /* Block SIGUSR1 */
 sigemptyset(&sigset);
 sigaddset(&sigset, SIGUSR1); 
 if(sigprocmask(SIG_BLOCK, &sigset, &oldsigset)==-1)
  fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: cannot block SIGUSR1 \"%s\"\n", strerror(errno));

 printf("Number of threads = %d\n", num_threads);
 ppid = getpid();
 for(t=0,i=0;t<num_threads;t++,i++) {
  chld_stack = (void *) malloc(148*512);
  chld_stack2 = ((char *)chld_stack + 148*512 - 1);
  if(chld_stack == NULL) {
   fprintf(stderr, "ERROR[%ld]: malloc for stack-space failed\n", t);
   break;
  }
  rc = clone(worker, chld_stack2, CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES, NULL);
  if(rc == -1) {
   fprintf(stderr, "ERROR[%ld]: return code from pthread_create() is %d\n", t, errno);
   break;
  }
  thread_pids[i]=rc;
  thread_stacks[i]=chld_stack;
  fprintf(stderr, " [index:%d] = [pid:%d] ; [stack:0x%p]\n", i, thread_pids[i], thread_stacks[i]);
  total_count++;
 }
 sigemptyset(&sigset);
 sigaddset(&sigset, SIGUSR1); 
 while(1) {
  fprintf(stderr, "Waiting for signal from childs\n");
  if(sigwaitinfo(&sigset, &siginfo) == -1)
   fprintf(stderr, "- ERROR returned by sigwaitinfo : \"%s\"\n", strerror(errno));
  fprintf(stderr, "Got some signal from pid:%d\n", siginfo.si_pid);

  /* A child finished, free the stack area allocated for it */ 
  for(i=0;i<NUM_THREADS;i++) {
   fprintf(stderr, " [index:%d] = [pid:%d] ; [stack:%p]\n", i, thread_pids[i], thread_stacks[i]);
   if(thread_pids[i]==siginfo.si_pid) {
    free(thread_stacks[i]);
    thread_stacks[i]=NULL;
    break;
   }
  }
  fprintf(stderr, "Search for child ended with i=%d\n",i);
  if(i==NUM_THREADS) 
   continue;
  /* Create a new thread in its place */
  chld_stack = (void *) malloc(148*512);
  chld_stack2 = ((char *)chld_stack + 148*512 - 1);
  if(chld_stack == NULL) {
   fprintf(stderr, "ERROR[%ld]: malloc for stack-space failed\n", t);
   break;
  }
  rc = clone(worker, chld_stack2, CLONE_VM|CLONE_FS|CLONE_FILES, NULL);
  if(rc == -1) {
   fprintf(stderr, "ERROR[%ld]: return code from clone() is %d\n", t, errno);
   break;
  }
  thread_pids[i]=rc;
  thread_stacks[i]=chld_stack;
  total_count++;
 }
 fprintf(stderr, "Broke out of infinite loop. [total_count=%llu] [i=%d]\n",total_count, i);
 return 0;
}

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