Re: RFC: i386: kill !4KSTACKS

[Denis Vlasenko]

> > > > NB: gcc 3.4.3 can use excessive stack in degenerate cases, so please
> > > > include gcc version in your reports.
> > > 
> > > But this can't occur in the kernel.
> > 
> > It can. I saw the OOPS myself.
> > One of the functions in crypto/wp512.c was compiled with 3k+ stack usage.
> 
> Strange that "make checkstack" didn't show this.

It happens with certain gcc versions only.
 
> Are there any other 4KSTACKS problems you know about?

Currently no.
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