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

Alan Cox
2005-12-16T00:40:54Z

On Iau, 2005-12-15 at 15:04 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> apply to kernel code. calls from several of our apps (which use
> larger than 4K kernel space on a stack)

Then you've got bugs anyway. In 8K stack mode that stack is shared with
the IRQ/BH/etc stack so you've only got 4K to play with. Its just more
random whether your box explodes.