linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] guard page for stacks that grow upwards

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Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:53:12 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] guard page for stacks that grow upwards

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Updated to match the new code - still not tested on pa-risc.

But the ia64 grows-up case is tested?

> The #ifdefs are ugly - suggestions welcome on how to make
> the code prettier.

One thing I've considered is to get rid of the CONFIG_STACK_GROWSUP
crap entirely in code, and instead just make the VM_GROWSUP #define be
0 for architectures that don't want it. The compiler should then just
automatically remove all the code that says

   if (vma->vm_flags & VM_GROWSUP) {
     ...

and the code would look more straightforward. Hmm?

                    Linus
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