Subject: Re: kernel stack overflow detection
To: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamt@mwd.biglobe.ne.jp>
From: Anders Magnusson <ragge@ludd.luth.se>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/26/2002 14:00:57
>
> KSTACK_CHECK_MAGIC scans kernel stack on each context switch.
> so it affects performance too much.
>
> KSTACK_CHECK_DR0 uses a debug register exclusively, so
> people that want to use it for other purposes will not want to
> enable it.
>
Please don't force it to be on all arch's, vax already have guard pages
(red zones) for the kernel stacks.
-- Ragge