Re: 2.5.69-mjb1

[Dave Hansen]

Martin J. Bligh wrote:
> OK, so maybe I'm still asleep, but I don't see why the hardcoded
> magic constant (grrr) is 4096 in mainline, when the stacksize is 8K.
> Presumably the 1019*4 makes up the rest of it? Maybe the real question 
> is what the hell was whoever wrote that in the first place smoking ? ;-)
> Why on earth would you skip halfway through the stack with one stupid 
> magic constant, and then the rest of the way with another? 

You can go ask the author:

http://linus.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.5/diffs/include/asm-i386/processor.h@1.12?nav=index.html|src/|src/include|src/include/asm-i386|hist/include/asm-i386/processor.h

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Dave Hansen
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