linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] selftest: size: Add size test for Linux kernel

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Message-ID: <546E640F.1090006@osg.samsung.com>
Date:	Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:58:39 -0700
From:	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
To:	Tim Bird <tim.bird@...ymobile.com>, linux-api@...r.kernel.org
CC:	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org" <linux-embedded@...r.kernel.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuahkh@....samsung.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] selftest: size: Add size test for Linux kernel

On 11/19/2014 05:13 PM, Tim Bird wrote:
> 
> This test shows the amount of memory used by the system.
> Note that this is dependent on the user-space that is loaded
> when this program runs.  Optimally, this program would be
> run as the init program itself.
> 
> The program is optimized for size itself, to avoid conflating
> its own execution with that of the system software.
> The code is compiled statically, with no stdlibs. On my x86_64 system,
> this results in a statically linked binary of less than 5K.
> 
> Changes from v1:
>   - use more correct Copyright string in get_size.c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tim Bird <tim.bird@...ymobile.com>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/Makefile        |   1 +
>  tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile   |  21 +++++++
>  tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c | 105 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  3 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile
>  create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/size/get_size.c

Tim,

The test looks good, but you are missing .gitignore file.
Please add a .gitignore for the binary that gets generated to
avoid git status including the binary it in its output.

thanks,
-- Shuah


-- 
Shuah Khan
Sr. Linux Kernel Developer
Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley)
shuahkh@....samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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