diff --git a/processor/main.m4 b/processor/main.m4
index b064286..ecb29e2 100644
--- a/processor/main.m4
+++ b/processor/main.m4
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ define(`ALLOC', `
 	')
 	IFSTORE(`
 		IFASSERT(`{
-			if (!xc_stack_size(&processor->allocsizes)) {
+			if (!xc_stack_count(&processor->allocsizes)) {
 				fprintf(stderr, "mismatch `$@' at line %d\n", __LINE__);
 			}
 			else {
diff --git a/stack.c b/stack.c
index ac36661..451ea4f 100644
--- a/stack.c
+++ b/stack.c
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 #include "stack.h"
 typedef xc_stack_t* S;
 
-void xc_stack_init(S stack)
+void xc_stack_init_ex(S stack, int initsize)
 {
 	stack->cnt = 0;
-	stack->size = 8;
+	stack->size = initsize;
 	stack->data = malloc(sizeof(void *) * stack->size);
 }
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ void* xc_stack_get(S stack, int n)
 	return stack->data[n];
 }
 
-int xc_stack_size(S stack)
+int xc_stack_count(S stack)
 {
 	assert(stack != NULL);
 	return stack->cnt;
diff --git a/stack.h b/stack.h
index 248472d..6821674 100644
--- a/stack.h
+++ b/stack.h
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ typedef struct {
 } xc_stack_t;
 
 #define S xc_stack_t*
-void xc_stack_init(S stack);
+void xc_stack_init_ex(S stack, int initsize);
+#define xc_stack_init(stack) xc_stack_init_ex(stack, 8)
 void xc_stack_destroy(S stack);
 void xc_stack_push(S stack, void *item);
 void *xc_stack_pop(S stack);
 void *xc_stack_top(S stack);
 void *xc_stack_get(S stack, int n);
-int xc_stack_size(S stack);
+int xc_stack_count(S stack);
 void xc_stack_reverse(S stack);
 #undef S
diff --git a/xcache.c b/xcache.c
index 635ad6c..fee027f 100644
--- a/xcache.c
+++ b/xcache.c
@@ -605,11 +605,11 @@ static inline void xc_entry_unholds_real(xc_stack_t *holds, xc_cache_t **caches,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < cachecount; i ++) {
 		s = &holds[i];
-		TRACE("holded %d", xc_stack_size(s));
-		if (xc_stack_size(s)) {
+		TRACE("holded %d", xc_stack_count(s));
+		if (xc_stack_count(s)) {
 			cache = ((xc_entry_t *)xc_stack_top(s))->cache;
 			ENTER_LOCK(cache) {
-				while (xc_stack_size(s)) {
+				while (xc_stack_count(s)) {
 					xce = (xc_entry_t*) xc_stack_pop(s);
 					TRACE("unhold %s", xce->name.str.val);
 					xce->refcount --;