linux-kernel - Re: [5/6] dynamically allocate IRQ stacks (was: Re: [-mm patch] i386: enable 4k stacks by default)

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Date:	Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:49:04 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@...radead.org>
To:	William Lee Irwin III <wli@...omorphy.com>
Cc:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	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: [5/6] dynamically allocate IRQ stacks (was: Re: [-mm patch] i386:
 enable 4k stacks by default)

On Mon, 30 Apr 2007, William Lee Irwin III wrote:

> -static char softirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
> -		__attribute__((__aligned__(THREAD_SIZE)));
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, softirq_stack);
> +static DEFINE_PER_CPU(char *, hardirq_stack);
>  
> -static char hardirq_stack[NR_CPUS * THREAD_SIZE]
> -		__attribute__((__aligned__(THREAD_SIZE)));
> +#ifdef CONFIG_VMALLOC_STACK
> +static void * __init __alloc_irqstack(int cpu)

How about just using DEFINE_PER_CPU and allowing the percpu code 
dynamically allocate.
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