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SubjectRe: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
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On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 16:30 +0100, Oliver Neukum wrote:
> Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2005 15:42 schrieb jmerkey:
> > Map a blank ro page beneath the address range when stack memory is
> > mapped is trap on page faults to the page when folks go off the end of
> > th e stack.
> >
> > Easy to find.
>
> Provided you can easily trigger it. I don't see how that is a given.

the same is true for a unified 8k stack or for the 4k/4k split though.
Ok sure there's a 1.5Kb difference on the one side.. (but a 2Kb gain on
the other side)



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