linux-kernel - Re: [GIT PULL] arm64 fixes for 3.11

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Date:	Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:54:14 -0700
From:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL] arm64 fixes for 3.11

On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 8:55 AM, Catalin Marinas
<catalin.marinas@....com> wrote:
>
> - Stack size increased to 16K (similar to other 64-bit architectures)

I pulled, but this is misleading.

*Some* other 64-bit architectures do 16k stack sizes. But neither
x86-64 nor powerpc do, afaik. Instead, they do irq stacks, which is
generally a better idea than having one big stack.

                Linus
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