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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 08:54:21 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2010-10-22 08:54:21 -0700
commit91151240ed8e97cc4457dae4094153c2744f1eb8 (patch)
tree201a449a659bcc31cf528f4630b8ec4c49b26f02 /Documentation
parent211baf4ffc6e78a2299bb4215264ada313048ec5 (diff)
parentfe8e0c25cad28e8858ecfa5863333c70685a6811 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-irq-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: x86, 32-bit: Align percpu area and irq stacks to THREAD_SIZE x86: Move alloc_desk_mask variables inside ifdef x86-32: Align IRQ stacks properly x86: Remove CONFIG_4KSTACKS x86: Always use irq stacks Fixed up trivial conflicts in include/linux/{irq.h, percpu-defs.h}
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r--Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
index 5ad65d51fb95..a01eec5d1d0b 100644
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
+++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/kernel-stacks
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ specialized stacks contain no useful data. The main CPU stacks are:
Used for external hardware interrupts. If this is the first external
hardware interrupt (i.e. not a nested hardware interrupt) then the
kernel switches from the current task to the interrupt stack. Like
- the split thread and interrupt stacks on i386 (with CONFIG_4KSTACKS),
- this gives more room for kernel interrupt processing without having
- to increase the size of every per thread stack.
+ the split thread and interrupt stacks on i386, this gives more room
+ for kernel interrupt processing without having to increase the size
+ of every per thread stack.
The interrupt stack is also used when processing a softirq.