Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks

From: Stefan Rompf
Date: Sun Dec 18 2005 - 05:49:01 EST


Andi Kleen wrote:

> Kernel code is getting more complex all the time and running with
> very tight stack is just risky.

Btw., has anyone yet *measured* maximum stack usage for some weeks on several
machines, e.g. desktop system with one NIC, reiserfs; server with several
NICs, stacked device-mapper targets, fiber channel, appletalk...; web server
with SQL database running on it etc?

Right now I have the impression that the 4k stack flamewars base on make
checkstack output, waiting for bugreports and other guesswork. Removing the
safety net on such a basis is just *very bad engineering*.

Stefan
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