On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 09:24:35 -0700, Tim Bird <tim.bird@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 11/2/2011 6:30 AM, Jason Wessel wrote: > > On 11/01/2011 06:50 PM, David Decotigny wrote: > I would also like to see the size numbers. However, to address > Jason's concern, I think it's safe to assume that when someone is > getting this aggressive with system size, they'll start leaving debug > features on the floor (printk, kdb, etc.). What would be appropriate, > IMHO, would be to add a config dependency for kgdb/kdb and > NOT resurrect /proc items. There's work in progress in linux-tiny > to tackle /proc configurability, and adding back /proc interfaces > is likely to just have the issue resurface there. > -- Tim This is already CONFIG_EXPERT; I don't think anyone really wants to turn this off. Yes, I think the patch comes from a false premise: that the reason that people don't expost module params in sysfs is due to memory usage, and that providing a way to turn that off will alleviate their fears. So, my advice to David: just change the perms on any and all module parameters you want. *Then* if someone complains about bloat, you can re-submit these patches and cc: me. (BTW, don't like the first patch: static is nice, but keeping related code together is nicer). Cheers, Rusty. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
