Re: [PATCH UPDATE] deflate stack usage in lib/inflate.c

From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge
Date: Thu Apr 12 2007 - 20:01:23 EST


Andi Kleen wrote:
> Yes, but then we should have seen more frequently, shouldn't we? I always
> run with the stack overflow check enabled and I don't think I ever saw
> warnings in inflate.
>

I guess the window is just while decompressing the root filesystem.
Interrupts under Xen might be using a little more stack (~40-50 bytes?),
but its not a qualitative difference. It might have more to do with
different timing.

J
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