Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks

On Fri, Dec 16, 2005 at 01:56:58PM +1100, Neil Brown wrote:

 > It turns out this is because it puts a 'struct iattr' on the stack so
 > it can kill suid if needed.  The following patch saves about 50 bytes
 > off the stack in this call path.

See! it *was* worth Adrian bringing up the "kill 8kb stacks" patch again :-)

		Dave

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References:
- [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
- Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
- Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
- Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
- Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Adrian Bunk <[email protected]>
- Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Dave Jones <[email protected]>
- Re: [2.6 patch] i386: always use 4k stacks
  - From: Neil Brown <[email protected]>

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