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From: "Parag Warudkar" <parag.lkml-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Subject: Re: [Bug #11342] Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:54:28 -0400
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To: Linus Torvalds <torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Adrian Bunk <bunk-HeJ8Db2Gnd6zQB+pC5nmwQ@public.gmane.org>, Rusty Russell <rusty-8n+1lVoiYb80n/F98K4Iww@public.gmane.org>, "Alan D. Brunelle" <Alan.Brunelle-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>, "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw-KKrjLPT3xs0@public.gmane.org>, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, Kernel Testers List <kernel-testers-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org>, Arjan van de Ven <arjan-VuQAYsv1563Yd54FQh9/CA@public.gmane.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo-X9Un+BFzKDI@public.gmane.org>, linux-embedded-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Linus Torvalds
<torvalds-de/tnXTf+JLsfHDXvbKv3WD2FQJk+8+b@public.gmane.org> wrote:

> And embedded people (the ones that might care about 1% code size) are the
> ones that would also want smaller stacks even more!

This is something I never understood - embedded devices are not going
to run more than a few processes and 4K*(Few Processes)
 IMHO is not worth a saving now a days even in embedded world given
falling memory prices. Or do I misunderstand?

Parag