RE: [discuss] [Patch] X86_64 TASK_SIZE cleanup - more comments

2005-04-21 Thread Zou, Nanhai
> To: Zou, Nanhai > Cc: Andi Kleen; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org; Siddha, > Suresh B > Subject: Re: [discuss] [Patch] X86_64 TASK_SIZE cleanup - more comments > > > Another comment: > > In general I am not too happy about the variable size TASK_SIZE.

Re: [discuss] [Patch] X86_64 TASK_SIZE cleanup - more comments

2005-04-21 Thread Andi Kleen
Another comment: In general I am not too happy about the variable size TASK_SIZE. There was a patch for this earlier, but it broke 32bit emulation completely. And I think it needs auditing of all uses of TASK_SIZE, because I suspect there are more bugs lurking in it. The way hugetlb etc. mmap we