linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH][RFC] 4K stacks default, not a debug thing any more...?

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Message-ID: <2c0942db0707161615g4bdf825ar51464ba564a823e2@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:15:28 -0700
From:	"Ray Lee" <ray-lk@...rabbit.org>
To:	"Rene Herman" <rene.herman@...il.com>
Cc:	"Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	"Bodo Eggert" <7eggert@....de>, "Matt Mackall" <mpm@...enic.com>,
	"Jeremy Fitzhardinge" <jeremy@...p.org>,
	"Jesper Juhl" <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	"Linux Kernel Mailing List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"William Lee Irwin III" <wli@...omorphy.com>,
	"David Chinner" <dgc@....com>,
	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH][RFC] 4K stacks default, not a debug thing any more...?

On 7/16/07, Rene Herman <rene.herman@...il.com> wrote:
> Yes but it's also an argument that the 4K stacks don't make the _current_
> situation without CONFIG_4KSTACKS selected worse and given that you trust
> that current situation, that leaves you without your argument :-)

Heh :-). No, it's not a question of trust. First and foremost, it's
that there are still users who say that they can crash a current
4k+interrupt stacks kernel, while the 8k without interrupt stacks is
fine.
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