Re: [PATCH][RFC] 4K stacks default, not a debug thing any more...?

Andrea Arcangeli
2007-07-19T10:52:47Z

On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 10:23:59AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> Still don't follow. How is "exceeds stack space but less likely to be
> noticed" safer.

Statistically speaking it clearly is. The reason is probably that the
irq theoretical issue happens only on large boxes with lots of
reentrant irqs. Not all irqs are reentrant, not all systems runs lots
of irqs at the same time etc..