On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 04:28:08PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote: > > Can you post a code size comparism for the before and after cases? > > 6.2: > kent@moria:~/linux$ size ktest-out/kernel_build.x86_64/vmlinux > text data bss dec hex filename > 13234215 5355074 872448 19461737 128f669 ktest-out/kernel_build.x86_64/vmlinux > > With patches: > kent@moria:~/linux$ size ktest-out/kernel_build.x86_64/vmlinux > text data bss dec hex filename > 13234215 5355578 872448 19462241 128f861 ktest-out/kernel_build.x86_64/vmlinux So we have a slightly larger binary size, and a slighly larger source code size. What is the overall benefit of this conversion?