Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 19 Apr 2008 09:59:48 -0500 | From | Shawn Bohrer <> | Subject | Re: x86: 4kstacks default |
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On Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 04:23:29PM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > * Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> wrote: > > > > config 4KSTACKS > > > bool "Use 4Kb for kernel stacks instead of 8Kb" > > > - depends on DEBUG_KERNEL > > > depends on X86_32 > > > + default y > > > > This patch will cause kernels to crash. > > what mainline kernels crash and how will they crash? Fedora and other > distros have had 4K stacks enabled for years:
If by other distros you mean RHEL then yes. However, openSUSE, Ubuntu, and Mandriva all still have 8K stacks. I know of no other distributions that default to 4K.
-- Shawn
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