linux-kernel - Re: PAGE_SIZE on 64bit and 32bit machines

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Date:	Mon, 12 Nov 2007 17:02:48 +0100
From:	Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@...il.com>
To:	Yoav Artzi <yoavar@...ckpoint.com>
CC:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: PAGE_SIZE on 64bit and 32bit machines

On 11/12/2007 04:58 PM, Yoav Artzi wrote:
> Looking at the source, I see:
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
> #define THREAD_SIZE            (4096)
> #else
> #define THREAD_SIZE        (8192)
> #endif
> 
> 
> So if I configure the option CONFIG_4KSTACK, I will get a 4KB kernel
> stack. Am I missing something here?

But it's not configurable on x86_64, where the thread size defaults to 8k.

regards,
-- 
Jiri Slaby (jirislaby@...il.com)
Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University
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