linux-kernel - Re: [-mm patch] i386: enable 4k stacks by default

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite for Android: free password hash cracker in your pocket

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <20070430104806.GA14944@infradead.org>
Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:48:06 +0100
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, David Chinner <dgc@....com>,
	Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>, Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [-mm patch] i386: enable 4k stacks by default

On Mon, Apr 30, 2007 at 12:26:42PM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> writes:
> 
> > If this still occurs for some
> > combinations then the fix would be 8K + 4K IRQ stack, not just to use 8K
> > stack
> 
> Yes i've been thinking for some time doing that would be a good idea.

Yes, the non-irqstack case should definitively go away.  And 8k
kernel stacks isn't that little given how much most 64bit architectures
have.
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/