TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE & stack location

Martin J. Bligh
2003-04-25T20:20:22Z

Is there any good reason we can't remove TASK_UNMAPPED_BASE, and just shove
libraries directly above the program text? Red Hat seems to have patches to
dynamically tune it on a per-processes basis anyway ...

Moreover, can we put the stack back where it's meant to be, below the
program text, in that wasted 128MB of virtual space? Who really wants
> 128MB of stack anyway (and can't fix their app)?

I'm sure there's some horrible reason we can't do this ... would just like
to know what it is. If it's "standards compilance" I don't really believe
it - we don't comply with the standard now anyway ...

M.

PS. Motivation is creating large shmem segments for DBs.