Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264207AbTEGShR (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 14:37:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264209AbTEGShR (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 14:37:17 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:43946 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264207AbTEGShQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 14:37:16 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 11:51:19 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@blue1.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: "Richard B. Johnson" cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: top stack (l)users for 2.5.69 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20030507132024.GB18177@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20030507135657.GC18177@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <52k7d2pqwm.fsf@topspin.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 663 Lines: 19 On Wed, 7 May 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > No, No. That is a process stack. Every process has it's own, entirely > seperate stack. This stack is used only in user mode. The kernel has > it's own stack. Every time you switch to kernel mode either by > calling the kernel or by a hardware interrupt, the kernel's stack > is used. Is it your understanding that does not exist a per task kernel stack ? - Davide - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/