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

From: Dave Jones
Date: Thu Dec 15 2005 - 22:07:13 EST


On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:56:58PM +1100, Neil Brown wrote:

> It turns out this is because it puts a 'struct iattr' on the stack so
> it can kill suid if needed. The following patch saves about 50 bytes
> off the stack in this call path.

See! it *was* worth Adrian bringing up the "kill 8kb stacks" patch again :-)

Dave

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