Re: [RFC] 4KB stack + irq stack for x86

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Wed, 05 Jun 2002 16:13:42 -0700 (PDT)


From: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2002 18:31:52 -0400

On Wed, Jun 05, 2002 at 05:15:23PM -0500, Steve Lord wrote:
> Just what are the tasks you normally run - and how many code
> paths do you think there are out there which you do not run. XFS
> might get a bit stack hungry in places, we try to keep it down,
> but when you get into file system land things can stack up quickly:

You already lose in that case today, as multiple irqs may come in
from devices and eat up the stack.

I agree with Ben, if things explode due to stack overflow with his
changes they are almost certain to explode before his changes.
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