Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932323AbVLPPBE (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:01:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932327AbVLPPBE (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:01:04 -0500 Received: from emailhub.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:39698 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932323AbVLPPBB (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Dec 2005 10:01:01 -0500 Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:01:02 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: "linux-os (Dick Johnson)" Cc: Lee Revell , "Jeff V. Merkey" , Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@infradead.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks Message-ID: <20051216150102.GB23349@stusta.de> References: <20051215212447.GR23349@stusta.de> <20051215140013.7d4ffd5b.akpm@osdl.org> <20051215223000.GU23349@stusta.de> <43A1DB18.4030307@wolfmountaingroup.com> <1134688488.12086.172.camel@mindpipe> <43A1E451.2090703@wolfmountaingroup.com> <1134689197.12086.176.camel@mindpipe> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1279 Lines: 34 On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 09:39:56AM -0500, linux-os (Dick Johnson) wrote: > > Throughout the past two years of 4k stack-wars, I never heard why > such a small stack was needed (not wanted, needed). It seems that > everybody "knows" that smaller is better and most everybody thinks > that one page in ix86 land is "optimum". However I don't think > anybody ever even tried to analyze what was better from a technical > perspective. Instead it's been analyzed as religious dogma, i.e., > keep the stack small, it will prevent idiots from doing bad things. >... It seems you missed the discussion of this issue last month. Arjan had a good list of all technical advantages of 4k stacks: http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0511.2/0042.html > Cheers, > Dick Johnson cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/