Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 1 Sep 2022 09:00:17 +0200 | From | Peter Zijlstra <> | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 00/30] Code tagging framework and applications |
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On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 11:19:48AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> It's also unclear *who* would enable this. It looks like it would mostly > have value during the development stage of an embedded platform to track > kernel memory usage on a per-application basis in an environment where it > may be difficult to setup tracing and tracking. Would it ever be enabled > in production?
Afaict this is developer only; it is all unconditional code.
> Would a distribution ever enable this?
I would sincerely hope not. Because:
> If it's enabled, any overhead cannot be disabled/enabled at run or > boot time so anyone enabling this would carry the cost without never > necessarily consuming the data.
this.
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