Re: [patch] compress the stack layout of do_page_fault(), x86

[Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>]

On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 21:15 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 09, 2005 at 07:31:04PM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-07-09 at 19:05 +0200, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > > Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> writes:
> > > >  
> > > > +static void force_sig_info_fault(int si_signo, int si_code,
> > > > +				 unsigned long address, struct task_struct *tsk)
> > > 
> > > This won't work with a unit-at-a-time compiler which happily
> > > inlines everything static with only a single caller. Use noinline
> > 
> > but.... the x86 kernel is -fno-unit-at-a-time.... for stack reasons ;)
> 
> The gcc people are making noises of removing that. So eventually
> it will need to go.

the gcc people also fixed the stack usage on inlining (at least this
specific class) in CVS HEAD so the "problem" is a lot smaller whenever
they make it go away.

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