Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965241AbVKPEFN (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:05:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965242AbVKPEFN (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:05:13 -0500 Received: from livid.absolutedigital.net ([66.92.46.173]:18347 "EHLO mx2.absolutedigital.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965241AbVKPEFL (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:05:11 -0500 Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 23:05:19 -0500 (EST) From: Cal Peake To: Alex Davis cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks In-Reply-To: <20051116005034.73421.qmail@web50210.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: References: <20051116005034.73421.qmail@web50210.mail.yahoo.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: 842 Lines: 25 On Tue, 15 Nov 2005, Alex Davis wrote: > Could someone either list or post a link to someplace that lists > all the advantages of 4K stacks? See the help text for the option under the kernel configurator... or To summarize: it allows for more processes/threads (each process/thread requires a kernel stack) and it makes it easier for the VM subsystem to allocate larger than order 0 (4k) memory segments (i.e. it will be easier to find contiguous free blocks). HTH, -cp -- Phishing, pharming; n.: Ways to obtain phood. -- The Devil's Infosec Dictionary - 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/