On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 10:15:23AM -0800, John Hubbard wrote: > > ... > > Running > > > > bpftool btf dump file vmlinux |grep "] VAR" > > > > $ bpftool btf dump file vmlinux |grep "] VAR" | wc -l > 4852 > > $ bpftool btf dump file vmlinux |grep "] VAR" | tail -5 > [136994] VAR '_alloc_tag_cntr.9' type_id=703, linkage=static > [137003] VAR '_alloc_tag_cntr.5' type_id=703, linkage=static > [137004] VAR '_alloc_tag_cntr.7' type_id=703, linkage=static > [137005] VAR '_alloc_tag_cntr.17' type_id=703, linkage=static > [137018] VAR '_alloc_tag_cntr.14' type_id=703, linkage=static > > > ...should give us a sense of what's going on. I only see 375 per-cpu > > variables when I do this so maybe there's something > > kernel-config-specific that might explain why you have so many more? > > Yes, as mentioned earlier, this is specifically due to the .config. > The .config is a huge distro configuration that has a lot of modules > enabled. could you share your .config? I tried with fedora .config and got 396 per cpu variables, I wonder where this is coming from thanks, jirka
