linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] powerpc/mm: Remove custom stack expansion checking

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Date:   Tue, 28 Jul 2020 12:32:33 +1000
From:   Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
To:     Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>, linuxppc-dev@...abs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] powerpc/mm: Remove custom stack expansion checking

Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net> writes:
> Hi Michael,
>
> I tested v1 of this. I ran the test from the bug with a range of stack
> sizes, in a loop, for several hours and didn't see any crashes/signal
> delivery failures.
>
> I retested v2 for a few minutes just to be sure, and I ran stress-ng's
> stack, stackmmap and bad-altstack stressors to make sure no obvious
> kernel bugs were exposed. Nothing crashed.
>
> All tests done on a P8 LE guest under KVM.
>
> On that basis:
>
> Tested-by: Daniel Axtens <dja@...ens.net>

Thanks.

Always nice to have someone review my patches!

cheers