Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161155AbVLXCW2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:22:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161156AbVLXCW2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:22:28 -0500 Received: from quelen.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.19.194]:4495 "EHLO quelen.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161155AbVLXCW1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 23 Dec 2005 21:22:27 -0500 Message-Id: <200512240106.jBO167Sg022181@quelen.inf.utfsm.cl> To: 7eggert@gmx.de cc: Horst von Brand , Parag Warudkar , Dumitru Ciobarcianu , Helge Hafting , Andi Kleen , Adrian Bunk , Kyle Moffett , akpm@osdl.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, arjan@infradead.org Subject: Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks In-Reply-To: Message from Bodo Eggert of "Fri, 23 Dec 2005 11:12:38 BST." X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 18) Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 22:06:07 -0300 From: Horst von Brand Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1033 Lines: 26 Bodo Eggert wrote: > Horst von Brand wrote: [...] > > "With some drawbacks" is the point: It has been determined that the > > drawbacks are heavy enough that the 8KiB stack option should go. > Determined by voodoo Did you see them sticking needles into waxen stacks? > and wild guessing. More like long experience with the kernel, and sifting many, many bug reports we've not looked over (and many we probably didn't see). -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/