Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:52:12 -0500 (EST)
From: Zwane Mwaikambo <zwane@linuxpower.ca>
To: Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>,
       Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjanv@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] proper alignment of init task in kernel image
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2004, Matt Mackall wrote:

> This keeps the alignment of the init task matched with the stack size.
> Saves 4k for 4k stacks, keeps system from exploding with 16k. Please apply.

Don't forget the following minor patch;

Index: linux-2.6.4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/cvsroot/linux-2.6.4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c,v
retrieving revision 1.1.1.1
diff -u -p -B -r1.1.1.1 init_task.c
--- linux-2.6.4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c	11 Mar 2004 15:26:38 -0000	1.1.1.1
+++ linux-2.6.4-mm1/arch/i386/kernel/init_task.c	15 Mar 2004 00:51:14 -0000
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_mm);
 /*
  * Initial thread structure.
  *
- * We need to make sure that this is 8192-byte aligned due to the
+ * We need to make sure that this is THREAD_SIZE aligned due to the
  * way process stacks are handled. This is done by having a special
  * "init_task" linker map entry..
  */
-
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