linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] regulator: bcm590xx: remove unnecessary OOM messages

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2014 11:05:45 +0100
From:	Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:	Tim Kryger <tim.kryger@...il.com>
Cc:	Jingoo Han <jg1.han@...sung.com>,
	Liam Girdwood <lgirdwood@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Matt Porter <mporter@...aro.org>,
	Tim Kryger <tim.kryger@...aro.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] regulator: bcm590xx: remove unnecessary OOM messages

On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:41:01PM -0700, Tim Kryger wrote:

> The real question is whether this change improves the driver.  To me,
> it seems like a draw.

It's not really for the benefit of the driver, it's for the benefit of
the kernel as a whole - the individually hand crafted error messages all
take up space in the kernel so if we just remove them and rely on the
OOM messages being loud we will in aggregate save some not completely
trivial amount of space in the kernel image.  Not a *massive* amount but
somewhat helpful.

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