netdev - Re: [PATCH] inetpeer: reduce stack usage

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Message-ID: <1302620123.3233.58.camel@edumazet-laptop>
Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2011 16:55:23 +0200
From:	Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@...il.com>
To:	Hiroaki SHIMODA <shimoda.hiroaki@...il.com>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Scot Doyle <lkml@...tdoyle.com>,
	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...tta.com>,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] inetpeer: reduce stack usage

Le mardi 12 avril 2011 à 23:51 +0900, Hiroaki SHIMODA a écrit :

> I couldn't understand that actually cleanup_once() was called
> from inet_getpeer() and then the stack overflow was hit,
> but this patch surely reduces stack usage.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Hiroaki SHIMODA <shimoda.hiroaki@...il.com>
> 

Well, I dont believe we actually hit a stack overflow in Scot Doyle
reported crashes, but it certainly is better to use a bit less stack
anyway ;)

Thanks for reviewing !


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