linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] x86: remove CONFIG

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:16:14 +0200
From:	Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] x86: remove CONFIG_4KSTACKS

These days 4 kilobytes of stack just aren't enough for reliably operation,
and people using lots of threads have long switched to 32-bit kernels, so
remove the CONFIG_4KSTACKS option.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug	2010-06-16 10:24:06.902272433 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug	2010-06-16 10:24:11.837068354 +0200
@@ -121,15 +121,6 @@ config DEBUG_NX_TEST
 	  and the software setup of this feature.
 	  If in doubt, say "N"
 
-config 4KSTACKS
-	bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb"
-	depends on X86_32
-	---help---
-	  If you say Y here the kernel will use a 4Kb stacksize for the
-	  kernel stack attached to each process/thread. This facilitates
-	  running more threads on a system and also reduces the pressure
-	  on the VM subsystem for higher order allocations.
-
 config DOUBLEFAULT
 	default y
 	bool "Enable doublefault exception handler" if EMBEDDED
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h	2010-06-16 10:24:06.922004449 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/module.h	2010-06-16 10:24:23.255291640 +0200
@@ -60,12 +60,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-# ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
-#  define MODULE_STACKSIZE "4KSTACKS "
-# else
-#  define MODULE_STACKSIZE ""
-# endif
-# define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY MODULE_STACKSIZE
+# define MODULE_ARCH_VERMAGIC MODULE_PROC_FAMILY
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_MODULE_H */
Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h	2010-06-16 10:24:06.933273132 +0200
+++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/page_32_types.h	2010-06-16 10:24:30.251005496 +0200
@@ -15,11 +15,7 @@
  */
 #define __PAGE_OFFSET		_AC(CONFIG_PAGE_OFFSET, UL)
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS
-#define THREAD_ORDER	0
-#else
 #define THREAD_ORDER	1
-#endif
 #define THREAD_SIZE 	(PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_ORDER)
 
 #define STACKFAULT_STACK 0
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