Stack Sizes

[Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar]

This question might be worth asking in kernel Janitor mailing list. They
also use a few tools for static code checking.

On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 5:05 AM Agatha Isabelle Moreira <code at agatha.dev>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> The kernel documentation says that any function that uses more than 512
> bytes on the stack is a candidate for change.
>
> However, it doesn't say under what conditions (what config options).
>
> I found 193 functions matching, some with stacks quite larger than that.
> I suspect this could be the result of some config options, maybe.
>
> What would you recommend me checking?
>
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> Agatha Isabelle Moreira
> Systems Engineer | C
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Thank you
Warm Regards
Anuz
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