Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:00:33 -0700 | From | David VomLehn <> | Subject | Re: [Bug #11342] Linux 2.6.27-rc3: kernel BUG at mm/vmalloc.c - bisected |
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Parag Warudkar wrote: > On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:04 PM, Linus Torvalds > <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > >> And embedded people (the ones that might care about 1% code size) are the >> ones that would also want smaller stacks even more! > > This is something I never understood - embedded devices are not going > to run more than a few processes and 4K*(Few Processes) > IMHO is not worth a saving now a days even in embedded world given > falling memory prices. Or do I misunderstand?
Embedded applications span a huge range of sizes, from the very small devices to which you refer, to quite complex devices. The cable settop boxes we develop have over a hundred interrupt sources, typically run 250-300 threads, and have 192+ MiB of memory. For all that, we are very cost sensitive and are under constant pressure to come up with reliable ways to save memory.
> Parag -- David VomLehn
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