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SubjectRe: [PATCH] mm: Support compiling out madvise and fadvise
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On Mon, 2014-09-22 at 09:11 -0700, Josh Triplett wrote:
> Many embedded systems will not need these syscalls, and omitting them
> saves space. Add a new EXPERT config option CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS
> (default y) to support compiling them out.

general question: if a user chooses CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS=n (or any
config option related to tinyfication) and breaks the system/workload...
will that be acceptable for a kernel pov? In other words, what's the
degree of responsibility the user will have when choosing such builds?

Thanks,
Davidlohr



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