feat(stack,runtime): per-shape actor stacks — Stack::new(reserve, guard), Config knobs, pool rule (RFC 019 §1)

Stack takes an explicit (reserve, guard) shape, both page-rounded and
stored; usable_base derives from the stored guard. Guard default raised
4 KiB -> 64 KiB (DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD): probestack makes one page enough
for Rust frames, but an unprobed C frame can leap a page in one sub rsp
— the motivating SQLite segfault. Reserve default stays 64 KiB
(DEFAULT_STACK_RESERVE); ACTOR_STACK_SIZE retired.

Config::{stack_reserve, stack_guard} thread the runtime defaults into
RuntimeInner pre-rounded. All acquisition/recycling now goes through
acquire_stack/recycle_stack carrying the pool rule: only default-shaped
stacks are pooled (pooled ⇒ default-shaped by induction); custom shapes
mmap fresh and munmap at death. Pool lock still dropped before any mmap.

No public spawn API change (SpawnOpts is the next commit).

Tests: shape rounding + accessors, wide-guard faults at both ends
(subprocess), Config::stack_reserve permits >64 KiB recursion that
previously could only segfault.

docs/BENCHMARKS_AND_TUNING.md

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ genuine advantage over tokio's task abort model.
 
 ### Spawn-heavy workloads (19–70×)
 
-Every smarm actor `mmap`s a 64 KiB stack with a guard page. This is
+Every smarm actor `mmap`s a 64 KiB stack reserve with a 64 KiB PROT_NONE guard below (both per-actor configurable since RFC 019; the reserve is demand-paged). This is
 a syscall. Tokio tasks are heap-allocated state machines — no stack,
 no syscall, ~100 bytes each. For workloads that spawn thousands of
 short-lived actors per second, this is a structural disadvantage.

src/runtime.rs

@@ -160,6 +160,8 @@ pub struct Config {
     alloc_interval: u32,
     timeslice_cycles: u64,
     stack_pool_cap: usize,
+    stack_reserve: usize,
+    stack_guard: usize,
     max_actors: usize,
     wake_slot: bool,
     node_id: crate::pg::NodeId,
@@ -175,6 +177,8 @@ impl Config {
             alloc_interval: crate::preempt::DEFAULT_ALLOC_INTERVAL,
             timeslice_cycles: crate::preempt::DEFAULT_TIMESLICE_CYCLES,
             stack_pool_cap: n * 4,
+            stack_reserve: DEFAULT_STACK_RESERVE,
+            stack_guard: DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD,
             max_actors: DEFAULT_MAX_ACTORS,
             wake_slot: false,
             node_id: crate::pg::DEFAULT_NODE_ID,
@@ -194,6 +198,8 @@ impl Config {
             alloc_interval: crate::preempt::DEFAULT_ALLOC_INTERVAL,
             timeslice_cycles: crate::preempt::DEFAULT_TIMESLICE_CYCLES,
             stack_pool_cap: max * 4,
+            stack_reserve: DEFAULT_STACK_RESERVE,
+            stack_guard: DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD,
             max_actors: DEFAULT_MAX_ACTORS,
             wake_slot: false,
             node_id: crate::pg::DEFAULT_NODE_ID,
@@ -226,6 +232,30 @@ impl Config {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Default per-actor stack reserve (RFC 019). A *virtual* reservation —
+    /// anonymous mmap is demand-paged, so RSS follows touched pages, not
+    /// this number — but overflowing it hits the guard and dies. Page-rounded.
+    /// Per-actor override: `SpawnOpts::stack_reserve`.
+    /// Default: [`DEFAULT_STACK_RESERVE`] (64 KiB) — the million-cheap-actors
+    /// story is unchanged; big stacks are opt-in.
+    pub fn stack_reserve(mut self, n: usize) -> Self {
+        assert!(n > 0, "stack_reserve must be non-zero");
+        self.stack_reserve = n;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Default PROT_NONE guard below each stack (RFC 019). Address space
+    /// only. Page-rounded. Rust overflow is caught by any single page
+    /// (probestack touches pages in order); the wide default exists for
+    /// unprobed FFI frames, which can step over a small guard in one
+    /// `sub rsp`. Per-actor override: `SpawnOpts::guard_size`.
+    /// Default: [`DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD`] (64 KiB).
+    pub fn stack_guard(mut self, n: usize) -> Self {
+        assert!(n > 0, "stack_guard must be non-zero");
+        self.stack_guard = n;
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Capacity of the actor slot table — the maximum number of
     /// **simultaneously live** actors (total spawned over a run is unbounded;
     /// slots are recycled). The table is a fixed slab allocated once at
@@ -293,6 +323,8 @@ impl Default for Config {
             alloc_interval: crate::preempt::DEFAULT_ALLOC_INTERVAL,
             timeslice_cycles: crate::preempt::DEFAULT_TIMESLICE_CYCLES,
             stack_pool_cap: avail * 4,
+            stack_reserve: DEFAULT_STACK_RESERVE,
+            stack_guard: DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD,
             max_actors: DEFAULT_MAX_ACTORS,
             wake_slot: false,
             node_id: crate::pg::DEFAULT_NODE_ID,
@@ -383,7 +415,12 @@ impl RuntimeStats {
 // Slot — packed state word + hot atomics + cold lifecycle data
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-pub(crate) const ACTOR_STACK_SIZE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+/// Default usable stack reserve per actor (RFC 019). See [`Config::stack_reserve`].
+pub const DEFAULT_STACK_RESERVE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+
+/// Default PROT_NONE guard below each actor stack (RFC 019). Raised from one
+/// page so unprobed C frames cannot leap it. See [`Config::stack_guard`].
+pub const DEFAULT_STACK_GUARD: usize = 64 * 1024;
 
 pub(crate) type Closure = Box<dyn FnOnce() + Send>;
 
@@ -802,17 +839,23 @@ pub(crate) struct RuntimeInner {
     pub(crate) stack_pool: RawMutex<Vec<crate::stack::Stack>>,
     /// Maximum number of stacks to retain in the pool.
     pub(crate) stack_pool_cap: usize,
+    /// Default stack shape (RFC 019), pre-page-rounded so it compares exactly
+    /// against `Stack::shape()`. Only stacks of exactly this shape are pooled.
+    pub(crate) stack_reserve: usize,
+    pub(crate) stack_guard: usize,
 }
 
 impl RuntimeInner {
     // Private constructor taking the parsed Config fields one-for-one; a params
-    // struct would only move the same 8 values across the call boundary.
+    // struct would only move the same 10 values across the call boundary.
     #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
     fn new(
         thread_count: usize,
         alloc_interval: u32,
         timeslice_cycles: u64,
         stack_pool_cap: usize,
+        stack_reserve: usize,
+        stack_guard: usize,
         max_actors: usize,
         wake_slot: bool,
         node_id: crate::pg::NodeId,
@@ -854,6 +897,8 @@ impl RuntimeInner {
             process_groups: RawMutex::new(crate::pg::ProcessGroups::new()),
             stack_pool: RawMutex::new(Vec::new()),
             stack_pool_cap,
+            stack_reserve: crate::stack::round_to_pages(stack_reserve),
+            stack_guard: crate::stack::round_to_pages(stack_guard),
         })
     }
 
@@ -1052,6 +1097,8 @@ pub fn init(config: Config) -> Runtime {
             config.alloc_interval,
             config.timeslice_cycles,
             config.stack_pool_cap,
+            config.stack_reserve,
+            config.stack_guard,
             config.max_actors,
             config.wake_slot,
             config.node_id,
@@ -1309,6 +1356,48 @@ pub const ROOT_PID: Pid = Pid::new(u32::MAX, u32::MAX);
 // Spawn-side slot installation
 // ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Stack acquisition / recycling — RFC 019 pool rule
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Get a stack of the requested shape (`None` ⇒ the runtime defaults).
+///
+/// Pool rule (RFC 019 §1): the pool is a uniform `Vec<Stack>` of
+/// default-shaped stacks and stays that way. Default-shaped requests try the
+/// pool first; custom shapes always mmap fresh (and `recycle_stack` never
+/// admits them, so a pooled stack is default-shaped by induction). The pool
+/// lock is dropped before any mmap: no syscall ever stalls another spawner.
+pub(crate) fn acquire_stack(
+    inner: &RuntimeInner,
+    shape: Option<(usize, usize)>,
+) -> crate::stack::Stack {
+    let (reserve, guard) = shape.unwrap_or((inner.stack_reserve, inner.stack_guard));
+    let default_shaped = crate::stack::round_to_pages(reserve) == inner.stack_reserve
+        && crate::stack::round_to_pages(guard) == inner.stack_guard;
+    if default_shaped {
+        if let Some(stack) = inner.stack_pool.lock().pop() {
+            return stack;
+        }
+    }
+    match crate::stack::Stack::new(reserve, guard) {
+        Ok(stack) => stack,
+        Err(e) => panic!("stack allocation failed: {e}"),
+    }
+}
+
+/// Return a dead actor's stack: pooled if default-shaped and under cap,
+/// otherwise dropped here → munmap (custom shapes and cap overflow alike).
+pub(crate) fn recycle_stack(inner: &RuntimeInner, stack: crate::stack::Stack) {
+    if stack.shape() == (inner.stack_reserve, inner.stack_guard) {
+        let mut pool = inner.stack_pool.lock();
+        if pool.len() < inner.stack_pool_cap {
+            pool.push(stack);
+        }
+        // else: fall through — drop → munmap.
+    }
+    // Custom-shaped (or cap overflow): `stack` drops here → munmap.
+}
+
 /// Install a freshly spawned actor into the slot `idx` (which must have come
 /// from `allocate_slot`) and publish it as Queued. Returns the new `Pid`.
 /// Called by `scheduler::spawn_under`; lives here next to its inverse
@@ -1437,13 +1526,7 @@ fn finalize_actor(inner: &Arc<RuntimeInner>, pid: Pid, outcome: Outcome) {
     // (the trap sender can unpark its receiver — keep that outside too).
     let supervisor_pid = actor.supervisor;
     let Actor { stack, .. } = actor;
-    {
-        let mut pool = inner.stack_pool.lock();
-        if pool.len() < inner.stack_pool_cap {
-            pool.push(stack);
-        }
-        // else: drop here → munmap, same as before
-    }
+    recycle_stack(inner, stack);
 
     // Deliver to supervisor. ROOT_PID resolves to no slot → silently absorbed.
     let sender = inner.slot_at(supervisor_pid).and_then(|sup| {

src/scheduler.rs

@@ -288,15 +288,10 @@ pub fn spawn(f: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static) -> JoinHandle {
 /// rather than its true caller.
 pub fn spawn_under<A>(supervisor: Pid<A>, f: impl FnOnce() + Send + 'static) -> JoinHandle {
     let supervisor = supervisor.erase();
-    // Stack + closure boxing happen before ANY runtime lock is taken: no
-    // syscall and no allocation ever stalls another scheduler thread.
-    let stack = with_runtime(|inner| inner.stack_pool.lock().pop())
-        .unwrap_or_else(|| {
-            match crate::stack::Stack::new(crate::runtime::ACTOR_STACK_SIZE) {
-                Ok(stack) => stack,
-                Err(e) => panic!("stack allocation failed: {e}"),
-            }
-        });
+    // Stack + closure boxing happen before the slot locks are taken; the
+    // pool lock inside acquire_stack is dropped before any mmap, so no
+    // syscall ever stalls another scheduler thread.
+    let stack = with_runtime(|inner| crate::runtime::acquire_stack(inner, None));
     let sp = init_actor_stack(stack.top(), crate::actor::trampoline);
     let closure: crate::runtime::Closure = Box::new(f);
 

src/stack.rs

@@ -1,32 +1,45 @@
-//! mmap-based growable stack with a guard page below.
+//! mmap-based actor stack with a PROT_NONE guard region below (RFC 019).
 //!
 //! Layout (low → high address):
-//!   [ guard page (PROT_NONE) | stack region ]
-//!                                            ^ top() — initial stack pointer
+//!   [ guard region (PROT_NONE) | stack region ]
+//!                                              ^ top() — initial stack pointer
 //!
-//! Stacks grow downward. Overflow lands in the guard page → SIGSEGV.
+//! Stacks grow downward. Overflow lands in the guard region → SIGSEGV.
+//!
+//! Both the usable reserve and the guard are caller-chosen (page-rounded).
+//! The reserve is a *virtual* reservation: anonymous mmap is demand-paged,
+//! so RSS is touched-pages, not reserve × actors. The guard costs address
+//! space only. A wide guard (the runtime defaults to 64 KiB) exists for
+//! unprobed FFI frames: Rust frames touch pages in order (probestack), so
+//! one page catches Rust overflow, but a C frame with a large local can
+//! step over a single page in one `sub rsp`.
 
 use std::io;
 
 pub struct Stack {
-    /// Bottom of the entire mmap'd region (start of guard page).
+    /// Bottom of the entire mmap'd region (start of the guard).
     base: *mut u8,
     /// Total mmap'd size: guard_size + stack_size.
     total_size: usize,
-    /// Usable stack size (excluding guard page).
+    /// Usable stack size (excluding the guard).
     stack_size: usize,
+    /// PROT_NONE region below the usable stack.
+    guard_size: usize,
 }
 
 // Stack owns its memory; safe to send across threads.
 unsafe impl Send for Stack {}
 
 impl Stack {
-    /// Allocate a new stack. `stack_size` is the usable region; one page is
-    /// added below as a guard page. Both are rounded up to the page size.
-    pub fn new(stack_size: usize) -> io::Result<Self> {
+    /// Allocate a new stack. `stack_size` is the usable region; `guard_size`
+    /// is mapped PROT_NONE below it. Both are rounded up to the page size
+    /// and must be non-zero.
+    pub fn new(stack_size: usize, guard_size: usize) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        assert!(stack_size > 0, "stack_size must be non-zero");
+        assert!(guard_size > 0, "guard_size must be non-zero");
         let page = page_size();
         let stack_size = round_up(stack_size, page);
-        let guard_size = page;
+        let guard_size = round_up(guard_size, page);
         let total_size = guard_size + stack_size;
 
         let base = unsafe {
@@ -53,7 +66,7 @@ impl Stack {
             return Err(err);
         }
 
-        Ok(Self { base, total_size, stack_size })
+        Ok(Self { base, total_size, stack_size, guard_size })
     }
 
     /// 16-byte-aligned top of the usable region.
@@ -62,14 +75,31 @@ impl Stack {
         (raw_top & !15) as *mut u8
     }
 
-    /// Pointer to the bottom of the usable region (just above the guard page).
+    /// Pointer to the bottom of the usable region (just above the guard).
     pub fn usable_base(&self) -> *mut u8 {
-        unsafe { self.base.add(page_size()) }
+        unsafe { self.base.add(self.guard_size) }
     }
 
     pub fn stack_size(&self) -> usize {
         self.stack_size
     }
+
+    pub fn guard_size(&self) -> usize {
+        self.guard_size
+    }
+
+    /// `(stack_size, guard_size)` after page rounding. The pool rule
+    /// (RFC 019 §1) compares this against the runtime defaults: only
+    /// default-shaped stacks are pooled.
+    pub fn shape(&self) -> (usize, usize) {
+        (self.stack_size, self.guard_size)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Round `n` up to whole pages — the same rounding `Stack::new` applies, so
+/// runtime defaults stored pre-rounded compare exactly against [`Stack::shape`].
+pub(crate) fn round_to_pages(n: usize) -> usize {
+    round_up(n, page_size())
 }
 
 impl Drop for Stack {

tests/context.rs

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ extern "C-unwind" fn actor_simple() {
 #[test]
 fn actor_runs_and_returns_to_scheduler() {
     reset_log();
-    let stack = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let stack = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     let sp = init_actor_stack(stack.top(), actor_simple);
     set_actor_sp(sp);
     unsafe { switch_to_actor() };
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extern "C-unwind" fn actor_two_steps() {
 #[test]
 fn actor_yields_and_resumes() {
     reset_log();
-    let stack = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let stack = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     let sp = init_actor_stack(stack.top(), actor_two_steps);
     set_actor_sp(sp);
 
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ extern "C-unwind" fn actor_reg_check() {
 
 #[test]
 fn callee_saved_registers_survive_yield() {
-    let stack = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let stack = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     let sp = init_actor_stack(stack.top(), actor_reg_check);
     set_actor_sp(sp);
     unsafe { switch_to_actor(); switch_to_actor(); }
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ extern "C-unwind" fn actor_b() {
 
 #[test]
 fn two_actors_dont_corrupt_each_other() {
-    let stack_a = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
-    let stack_b = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let stack_a = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
+    let stack_b = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
 
     let sp_a = init_actor_stack(stack_a.top(), actor_a);
     let sp_b = init_actor_stack(stack_b.top(), actor_b);

tests/runtime.rs

@@ -517,3 +517,35 @@ fn runtime_reusable_after_root_panic() {
     r.run(move || ran_t.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed));
     assert!(ran.load(Ordering::Relaxed), "runtime unusable after root panic");
 }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// RFC 019 — Config stack knobs
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+/// Burn ~`frames` × 4 KiB of stack; probestack touches pages in order so
+/// exceeding the reserve would hit the guard and SIGSEGV the process.
+#[inline(never)]
+fn burn_stack(frames: usize) -> u64 {
+    let mut local = [0u8; 4096];
+    local[0] = frames as u8;
+    let below = if frames == 0 { 0 } else { burn_stack(frames - 1) };
+    std::hint::black_box(&mut local);
+    below.wrapping_add(local[0] as u64)
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn config_stack_reserve_permits_deep_recursion() {
+    // ~256 KiB of frames: four times the old fixed 64 KiB reserve. With
+    // Config::stack_reserve raised this must complete; before RFC 019 it
+    // could only segfault.
+    let rt = smarm::runtime::init(Config::exact(1).stack_reserve(1024 * 1024));
+    let done = Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false));
+    let done2 = done.clone();
+    rt.run(move || {
+        spawn(move || {
+            std::hint::black_box(burn_stack(64));
+            done2.store(true, Ordering::SeqCst);
+        }).join();
+    });
+    assert!(done.load(Ordering::SeqCst));
+}

tests/stack.rs

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ use smarm::stack::Stack;
 
 #[test]
 fn top_is_16_byte_aligned() {
-    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(s.top() as usize % 16, 0);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn top_is_within_allocation() {
-    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     let top = s.top() as usize;
     let base = s.usable_base() as usize;
     assert!(top > base);
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn top_is_within_allocation() {
 
 #[test]
 fn write_and_read_top_of_stack() {
-    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     let sentinel: u64 = 0xDEAD_BEEF_CAFE_1234;
     unsafe {
         let ptr = s.top().sub(8) as *mut u64;
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ fn write_and_read_top_of_stack() {
 
 #[test]
 fn write_and_read_bottom_of_usable_region() {
-    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     let sentinel: u64 = 0x0102_0304_0506_0708;
     unsafe {
         let ptr = s.usable_base() as *mut u64;
@@ -44,17 +44,17 @@ fn write_and_read_bottom_of_usable_region() {
 
 #[test]
 fn small_stack_allocates() {
-    assert!(Stack::new(4096).is_ok());
+    assert!(Stack::new(4096, 4096).is_ok());
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn large_stack_allocates() {
-    assert!(Stack::new(8 * 1024 * 1024).is_ok());
+    assert!(Stack::new(8 * 1024 * 1024, 4096).is_ok());
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn stack_size_at_least_requested() {
-    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
     assert!(s.stack_size() >= 64 * 1024);
 }
 
@@ -68,15 +68,28 @@ use std::process::Command;
 fn run_as_child_if_requested() {
     match env::var("SMARM_SUBTEST").as_deref() {
         Ok("guard_page_direct") => {
-            let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+            let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
             unsafe {
                 let guard_ptr = s.usable_base().sub(1);
                 guard_ptr.write_volatile(0xAB);
             }
             std::process::exit(0);
         }
+        Ok("wide_guard_top") => {
+            // One byte below the usable region, 64 KiB guard: must fault.
+            let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024).unwrap();
+            unsafe { s.usable_base().sub(1).write_volatile(0xAB); }
+            std::process::exit(0);
+        }
+        Ok("wide_guard_bottom") => {
+            // The very bottom page of a 64 KiB guard: an unprobed C-style
+            // leap over a small guard lands here — must still fault.
+            let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024).unwrap();
+            unsafe { s.usable_base().sub(64 * 1024).write_volatile(0xAB); }
+            std::process::exit(0);
+        }
         Ok("stack_overflow") => {
-            let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024).unwrap();
+            let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 4096).unwrap();
             unsafe {
                 let mut ptr = s.top().sub(1);
                 let stop = s.usable_base().sub(1);
@@ -121,3 +134,58 @@ fn stack_overflow_causes_sigsegv() {
         assert_eq!(status.signal(), Some(11), "expected SIGSEGV, got: {:?}", status);
     }
 }
+
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// RFC 019 — explicit shape: rounding, guard accessor, wide-guard coverage.
+// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#[test]
+fn sizes_round_up_to_page() {
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024 + 1, 4096 + 1).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.stack_size() % 4096, 0);
+    assert_eq!(s.guard_size() % 4096, 0);
+    assert!(s.stack_size() >= 64 * 1024 + 1);
+    assert!(s.guard_size() >= 4096 + 1);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn shape_reports_rounded_sizes() {
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(s.shape(), (64 * 1024, 64 * 1024));
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn usable_base_sits_above_guard() {
+    let s = Stack::new(64 * 1024, 64 * 1024).unwrap();
+    // The usable region must start exactly guard_size above the mapping
+    // base: a write at usable_base is legal, one byte below is not (the
+    // subprocess tests below prove the "not").
+    let sentinel: u64 = 0x1111_2222_3333_4444;
+    unsafe {
+        let ptr = s.usable_base() as *mut u64;
+        ptr.write_volatile(sentinel);
+        assert_eq!(ptr.read_volatile(), sentinel);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wide_guard_faults_at_top() {
+    run_as_child_if_requested();
+    let status = spawn_subtest("wide_guard_top");
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+        assert_eq!(status.signal(), Some(11), "expected SIGSEGV, got: {:?}", status);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wide_guard_faults_at_bottom() {
+    run_as_child_if_requested();
+    let status = spawn_subtest("wide_guard_bottom");
+    #[cfg(unix)]
+    {
+        use std::os::unix::process::ExitStatusExt;
+        assert_eq!(status.signal(), Some(11), "expected SIGSEGV, got: {:?}", status);
+    }
+}