From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264401AbTEGXto (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 19:49:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264407AbTEGXtk (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 19:49:40 -0400 Received: from franka.aracnet.com ([216.99.193.44]:31366 "EHLO franka.aracnet.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264401AbTEGXtR (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 19:49:17 -0400 Date: Wed, 07 May 2003 14:47:30 -0700 From: "Martin J. Bligh" To: Davide Libenzi , "Richard B. Johnson" cc: Linux kernel Subject: Re: top stack (l)users for 2.5.69 Message-ID: <19450000.1052344050@[10.10.2.4]> In-Reply-To: References: <20030507132024.GB18177@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <20030507135657.GC18177@wohnheim.fh-wedel.de> <52k7d2pqwm.fsf@topspin.com> X-Mailer: Mulberry/2.2.1 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --On Wednesday, May 07, 2003 11:51:19 -0700 Davide Libenzi wrote: > On Wed, 7 May 2003, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > >> No, No. That is a process stack. Every process has it's own, entirely >> seperate stack. This stack is used only in user mode. The kernel has >> it's own stack. Every time you switch to kernel mode either by >> calling the kernel or by a hardware interrupt, the kernel's stack >> is used. > > Is it your understanding that does not exist a per task kernel stack ? It seems to be his lack of understanding, more to the point. M.