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> "You can't use block based storage because the storage stack doesn't
> fit in 4k."

Likely far more than that.

Perhaps a better way would be to simply put the stack into a virtual
mapping and allocate more as needed.

I agree it's a bad idea in mainline.

-Andi

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> "You can't use block based storage because the storage stack doesn't
> fit in 4k."

Likely far more than that.

Perhaps a better way would be to simply put the stack into a virtual
mapping and allocate more as needed.

I agree it's a bad idea in mainline.

-Andi