Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: Support compiling out madvise and fadvise | From | Davidlohr Bueso <> | Date | Mon, 22 Sep 2014 18:47:40 +0200 |
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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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