Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270652AbTGVKLY (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:11:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270709AbTGVKLY (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:11:24 -0400 Received: from 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk ([81.2.122.30]:39553 "EHLO 81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270652AbTGVKLR (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:11:17 -0400 Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:36:07 +0100 From: John Bradford Message-Id: <200307221036.h6MAa7ER001757@81-2-122-30.bradfords.org.uk> To: joern@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de, junkio@cox.net Subject: Re: [PATCH] Port SquashFS to 2.6 Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 622 Lines: 14 > If you look closely at the kernel, there is currently no way of > telling whether it contains stack overflows waiting to happen, or not. It would be an interesting experiment to deliberately make the kernel stack smaller, and see what happens. If no problems seem apparent with a reduced kernel stack, it gives more weight to the argument that the default one is OK. John. - 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/