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This option instructs the kernel to initialize stack areas with a known value (0xaa) before they are first used, so that the high water mark can be easily determined. This applies to the stack areas for threads, as well as to the interrupt stack.

Defaults¶

No defaults. Implicitly defaults to n.

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Kconfig definition¶

At <Zephyr>/kernel/Kconfig:303

Included via <Zephyr>/Kconfig:8 → <Zephyr>/Kconfig.zephyr:30

Menu path: (Top) → General Kernel Options → Kernel Debugging and Metrics

config INIT_STACKS
    bool "Initialize stack areas"
    help
      This option instructs the kernel to initialize stack areas with a
      known value (0xaa) before they are first used, so that the high
      water mark can be easily determined. This applies to the stack areas
      for threads, as well as to the interrupt stack.

(The ‘depends on’ condition includes propagated dependencies from ifs and menus.)