Re: [PATCH][RFC] 4K stacks default, not a debug thing any more...?

[Bodo Eggert]

On Tue, 17 Jul 2007, Jesper Juhl wrote:

> Please note that I was not trying to remove the 8K stack option right
> now - heck, I didn't even add anything to feature-removal-schedule.txt
> - all I wanted to accomplish with the patch that started this threas
> was;  a) indicate that the 4K option is no longer a debug thing  and

Very ACK.

> b) make 4K stacks the default option in vanilla kernel.org kernels as
> a gentle nudge towards getting people to start fixing the code paths
> that are not 4K stack safe.

That's the big NACK. It's OK for MM, where things are supposed to be in a 
not well-tested state, but for running possibly mission-critical systems,
you should take no risk.

If you'd run a 4K stack on the NFS+XFS+LVM+dmcrypt+MD+somethingmore 
setup driving your loved one's life support, you may go ahead.
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