[PATCH] riscv: use 16KB kernel stack on 64-bit

[Aurelien Jarno]

On 2020-07-06 14:32, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> With the current 8KB stack size there are frequent overflows in a 64-bit
> configuration.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse.de>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h | 4 ++++
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index 1dd12a0cbb2b..464a2bbc97ea 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
>  #include <linux/const.h>
>  
>  /* thread information allocation */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> +#define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(2)
> +#else
>  #define THREAD_SIZE_ORDER	(1)
> +#endif
>  #define THREAD_SIZE		(PAGE_SIZE << THREAD_SIZE_ORDER)
>  
>  #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
> -- 
> 2.26.2


Following the discussion on the mailing list, I have been trying this
patch on my system for a few days, and it indeed seems more stable. I
just wonder if you should Cc stable@ so that it is backported in older
kernel versions.

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