Increase the stack size to 8kB. This is only required for i386 arch, because other kernels always have 8kB stack sizes. Index: linux-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL.orig/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h 2005-02-25 10:25:33.000000000 +0200 +++ linux-2.6.9-5.0.3.EL/include/asm-i386/thread_info.h 2005-02-25 20:19:11.676139032 +0200 @@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ #define PREEMPT_ACTIVE 0x10000000 #ifdef CONFIG_4KSTACKS -#define THREAD_SIZE (4096) +#define THREAD_SIZE (8192) #else #define THREAD_SIZE (8192) #endif