Re: [-mm patch] i386: enable 4k stacks by default

Jesper Juhl
2006-01-04T21:56:55Z

On 1/4/06, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 06:10:45PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > On 1/4/06, Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jan 04, 2006 at 05:49:25PM +0100, Jesper Juhl wrote:
> > > > To get maximum testing making 4KSTACKS default Y and removing the "if
> > > > DEBUG_KERNEL" conditional just seems to me to be the obvious choice...
> > >
> > > With my version, we are getting the bigger testing coverage - and
> > > getting a big testing coverage in -mm is what we need if we want to know
> > > whether we have really already fixed all stack problems or whether
> > > there are any left.
> > >
> > Ok, I guess I didn't make myself as clear as I thought.
> > What I meant was that if 4K stacks are always enabled by default, then
> > you'll get more testing than if only people who enable DEBUG_KERNEL
> > are able to turn it on.
> >...
>
> This is not what my patch does.
>
> Please apply my patch, use DEBUG_KERNEL=n and you'll understand it.
>
I see now what it is your patch does. I misread it - sorry - should
have just downloaded it and tried it.
It does exactely what I thought it didn't do - I like it :-)

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