From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>
To: Paul Mackerras <paulus-eUNUBHrolfbYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds
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Subject: Re: [Bug #11342] Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 03:58:58 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <48B53372.5060308@linux.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <18612.60878.887716.452936-nUko2b1QN/1kfgV4h6NXRTJtLkR7yuzc@public.gmane.org>
Paul Mackerras wrote:
> Linus Torvalds writes:
>
>> 4kB used to be the _only_ choice. And no, there weren't even irq stacks.
>> So that 4kB was not just the whole kernel call-chain, it was also all the
>> irq nesting above it.
>
> I think your memory is failing you. In 2.4 and earlier, the kernel
> stack was 8kB minus the size of the task_struct, which sat at the
> start of the 8kB. For instance, from include/asm-i386/processor.h for
> 2.4.29:
but was shared with interrupts; so out of the 6Kb left, you had still really only 4Kb for user context stack
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[not found] ` <48B313E0.1000501@hp.com>
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808251326500.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
[not found] ` <200808261111.19205.rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261019450.3363@nehalem.linux-foundation.org>
2008-08-26 18:30 ` [Bug #11342] Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected Adrian Bunk
[not found] ` <20080826183051.GB10925-re2QNgSbS3j4D6uPqz5PAwR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 18:40 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261134530.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 20:21 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-26 20:41 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 16:21 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-26 18:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-26 19:02 ` Jamie Lokier
[not found] ` <20080826190213.GA30255-yetKDKU6eevNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 19:18 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261144510.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 20:59 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-26 21:04 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261403360.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 22:54 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808261554j2f4eaaa6i1ee8801ae75ca7bf-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 23:00 ` David VomLehn
2008-08-26 23:45 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-26 23:47 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261644260.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 0:53 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-27 1:08 ` Parag Warudkar
2008-08-27 1:31 ` Greg Ungerer
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2008-08-27 2:16 ` Parag Warudkar
2008-08-27 8:44 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-08-27 0:58 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808261758q7b84aab1m188c1ebb59304818-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 1:49 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261837530.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 2:36 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808261936m18c69dc0r26f41850efae4b91-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 2:52 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 8:32 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-27 6:01 ` Paul Mackerras
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2008-08-27 10:58 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2008-08-27 15:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-08-27 11:58 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-27 9:00 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] ` <1219827609.30209.29.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 12:56 ` Parag Warudkar
2008-08-27 13:17 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] ` <1219843032.30209.51.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 15:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-27 16:38 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
[not found] ` <1219855121.30209.112.camel-7sPfb3biEqGJZy4MaDjwDw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 17:51 ` Jamie Lokier
2008-08-27 19:30 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-08-28 0:06 ` Greg Ungerer
[not found] ` <20080827154805.GA25387-yetKDKU6eevNLxjTenLetw@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-28 0:11 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-27 8:34 ` Bernd Petrovitsch
2008-08-26 23:24 ` Adrian Bunk
[not found] ` <20080826232411.GC11734-re2QNgSbS3j4D6uPqz5PAwR5/fbUUdgG@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-26 23:51 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261648140.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 0:23 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-27 0:28 ` Linus Torvalds
[not found] ` <alpine.LFD.1.10.0808261726560.3363-nfNrOhbfy2R17+2ddN/4kux8cNe9sq/dYPYVAmT7z5s@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 11:58 ` Adrian Bunk
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2008-08-27 16:00 ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-27 17:35 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-28 0:32 ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-28 0:46 ` David Miller
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2008-08-28 1:02 ` Paul Mundt
2008-08-28 16:16 ` Adrian Bunk
2008-08-28 1:05 ` Greg Ungerer
2008-08-27 8:25 ` Alan Cox
2008-08-27 12:52 ` Parag Warudkar
[not found] ` <f7848160808270552u2ee66167x912a68e0bf8b25bf-JsoAwUIsXosN+BqQ9rBEUg@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 13:21 ` Alan Cox
[not found] ` <20080827142142.303cdba8-qBU/x9rampVanCEyBjwyrvXRex20P6io@public.gmane.org>
2008-08-27 16:24 ` Parag Warudkar
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