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From: Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
To: Tigran Aivazian <tigran@veritas.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [patch] larger kernel stack (8k->16k) per task
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 15:36:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C63F07F.323A32DE@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0202081511400.1359-100000@einstein.homenet>

Tigran Aivazian wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> In the light of some talks here about increasing kernel stack, here is my
> patch for i386 architecture that some may find useful. It also has a nice
> extra (/proc/stack) implemented by Hugh Dickins which helps to find major
> offenders.
> 
> It is against 2.4.9 but should be easy to port in any direction. (One way
> the patch could be improved is by making the size CONFIG_ option instead
> of hardcoding). Oh btw, please don't tell me "but now you'd need _four_
> physically-contiguous pages to create a task instead of two!" because I
> know it (and think it's not too bad).


I do think it is too bad. Sorry.
Also it's the wrong approach. The right approach (as done by Manfred and
David) is
to put "current" no longer on this stack just a pointer to current.
And .... if you need a 16Kb stack your kernel code is VERY VERY sick.

Greetings,
   Arjan van de Ven

  reply	other threads:[~2002-02-08 15:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-02-08 15:20 [patch] larger kernel stack (8k->16k) per task Tigran Aivazian
2002-02-08 15:36 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
2002-02-08 15:43 ` Rik van Riel
2002-02-08 15:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-08 20:08 ` Andrew Morton
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-02-08 16:06 Tigran Aivazian
2002-02-08 16:09 ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-02-08 16:59   ` Tigran Aivazian
2002-02-08 16:57     ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-02-08 17:23     ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-02-08 18:16       ` Alan Cox
2002-02-08 18:29       ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-02-08 18:38         ` Arjan van de Ven
2002-02-08 20:54         ` Ingo Molnar
2002-02-08 18:15     ` Alan Cox
2002-02-08 20:22     ` Jes Sorensen
2002-02-08 21:12       ` Mike Fedyk
2002-02-09  7:17         ` george anzinger

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