linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] guard page for stacks that grow upwards

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Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 13:19:51 -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,
	John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...-cnrc.gc.ca>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] guard page for stacks that grow upwards

On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
>
> Built, booted & tested on ia64
> Built for x86_64 (but not booted or tested)
> pa-risc - untested

Ok, applied. I do think we could do the "VM_GROWSDOWN = 0" trick for
PA-RISC  (so that the code for the growsdown case would be compiled
away there), but that definitely needs somebody who actually cares
specifically about PA-RISC.

Adding the people who have signed off on parisc-specific patches in
recent memory to the cc. Maybe somebody could be convinced to care.

                         Linus
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