Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Dec 2005 16:01:02 +0100 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks |
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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
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