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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 <http://lwn.net/Articles/84583/> 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/ | ||||||||||||
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