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    DateWed, 11 Jul 2007 11:54:09 -0600
    FromZan Lynx <>
    SubjectRe: [PATCH][RFC] 4K stacks default, not a debug thing any more...?
    Jesper Juhl wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > I'm wondering if it's time to make 4K stacks the default and to start 
    > considering removing the 8K stack option alltogether soon?
    >
    > One of the big problem spots was XFS, but that got some stack usage 
    > fixes recently, and the 4K stack option has been around for quite a 
    > while now, so people really should have gotten around to fixing any 
    > code that can't handle it.   Are there still any big problem areas 
    > remaining?
    > 
    Has anyone fixed the infrequent crashes with 4K stacks and ext3 -> LVM 
    snapshot -> LVM -> DM mirror -> libata?
    
    The latest (as of 150 days ago) Fedora 6 32-bit kernels crashed every 
    week or two, the 64-bit kernel, which I believe uses 8K stacks, has been 
    up 150 days.
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