linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/24] net, diet: Make MIB statistics collections depend on PROC

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Message-Id: <20140505.230558.1799358791667540111.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Mon, 05 May 2014 23:05:58 -0400 (EDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	andi@...stfloor.org
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	tom.zanussi@...ux.intel.com, ak@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/24] net, diet: Make MIB statistics collections
 depend on PROC_FS

From: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Date: Mon,  5 May 2014 15:26:03 -0700

> From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> When PROC_FS is not compiled in we don't need the statistics
> gathering code, as the only way to see the output is through
> /proc. Saves about 5k text, likely more in dynamic memory.
> 
>    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
>  386302    8993   12564  407859   63933 net/built-in.o-with-mib
>  381542    8933   12564  403039   6265f net/built-in.o-wo-mib
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

Congratulations, you just broke ipv6 device address netlink
dumps amongst other things.
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