linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Move sysctl check into debugging section and don't make it default y

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Date:	Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:15:37 -0700
From:	ebiederm@...ssion.com (Eric W. Biederman)
To:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc:	torvalds@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Move sysctl check into debugging section and don't make it default y

Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org> writes:

>> What is a feature change like this doing coming in after the
>> merge window?
>
> I considered it a "anti bloat bugfix". Adding 30k of 
> object code to allno was a bit too much. 

30k???  Which platform are you testing on ia64????

On x86_64 it is 8k text and 8k data.

Eric
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