MXS-2004 Drop support for thread_stack_size

- Cannot be supported with std::thread.
- Unlikely that the default size (8MB) would ever be too small and
  if it is, there is some problem.
- The stack size can be specified using 'ulimit -s' before starting
  MaxScale.

Documentation/Getting-Started/Configuration-Guide.md

@@ -163,13 +163,10 @@ will be used to manage the user connections.
 
 #### `thread_stack_size`
 
-This parameter controls the stack size of the worker threads. The default value
+Deprecated in 2.3.
-is 0, which means that the pthread default will be used. The size can be specified
-as explained in detail [here](#sizes).
 
-```
+If you need to explicitly set the stack size, do so using `ulimit -s` before
-thread_stack_size=5Mi
+starting MaxScale.
-```
 
 #### `auth_connect_timeout`
 

Documentation/Release-Notes/MaxScale-2.3.0-Release-Notes.md

@@ -53,6 +53,12 @@ The use of `router_options` with the binlogrouter module is deprecated in
 MaxScale 2.3 and will be removed in a subsequent release. The
 `router_options` should be converted into separate parameters.
 
+### `thread_stack_size`
+
+The `thread_stack_size` configuration parameter has been deprecated. If
+you need to explicitly set the stack size, do so using `ulimit -s` before
+starting MaxScale.
+
 ## Dropped Features
 
 ### Configuration Reloading

server/core/config.cc

@@ -2060,11 +2060,10 @@ handle_global_item(const char *name, const char *value)
     }
     else if (strcmp(name, CN_THREAD_STACK_SIZE) == 0)
     {
-        if (!get_suffixed_size(value, &gateway.thread_stack_size))
+        // DEPRECATED in 2.3, remove in 2.4
-        {
+        MXS_WARNING("%s has been deprecated. If you need to explicitly set the stack "
-            MXS_WARNING("Invalid value for '%s': %s.", CN_THREAD_STACK_SIZE, value);
+                    "size, do so with 'ulimit -s' before starting MaxScale.",
-            return 0;
+                    CN_THREAD_STACK_SIZE);
-        }
     }
     else if (strcmp(name, CN_NON_BLOCKING_POLLS) == 0)
     {