Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 20 Apr 2008 11:51:04 +0300 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: x86: 4kstacks default |
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On Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 09:06:23AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > The stack problems in the kernel tend to not be in arch code, and if > > we don't get i386 to always run with 4k stacks there's no chance that > > it will ever work reliably on other architectures. > > Not really the case - embedded tends not to use deep stacks of drivers.
Something like nfsd-over-xfs-over-raid is (or was) the most common problem - and this or similar stackings might be used in NAS devices.
> Alan
cu Adrian
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