linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] guard page for stacks that grow upwards

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Date:	Tue, 24 Aug 2010 20:32:48 +0000
From:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	"Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@...el.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org, linux-ia64@...r.kernel.org,
	John David Anglin <dave.anglin@...-cnrc.gc.ca>,
	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...isc-linux.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] guard page for stacks that grow upwards

On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 13:19 -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Luck, Tony <tony.luck@...el.com> wrote:
> >
> > Built, booted & tested on ia64
> > Built for x86_64 (but not booted or tested)
> > pa-risc - untested
> 
> Ok, applied. I do think we could do the "VM_GROWSDOWN = 0" trick for
> PA-RISC  (so that the code for the growsdown case would be compiled
> away there), but that definitely needs somebody who actually cares
> specifically about PA-RISC.

I can try it ... I was just getting ready to try the -rc2 kernel on our
cupertino test ring anyway.

James


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