linux-kernel - Re: x86: 4kstacks default

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Date:	Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:59:39 -0700
From:	Chris Wedgwood <cw@...f.org>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
Cc:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...deen.net>,
	Oliver Pinter <oliver.pntr@...il.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	David Chinner <dgc@....com>, xfs@....sgi.com
Subject: Re: x86: 4kstacks default

On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 10:42:28AM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:

> We are going from 6k to 4k.

6k?

> Why should users have to poke with such deeply internal things?
> That doesn't sound right.

they shouldn't, so a 4k default is a problem for them

> Excessive stack usage in the kernel is considered to be a bug.

define excessive

> We should identify and fix all remaining problems (if any).

let's see your patches then
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