Re: [PATCH 01/32] init.h: remove __cpuinit sections from the kernel

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On Mon, 2013-06-24 at 15:30 -0400, Paul Gortmaker wrote:
> The __cpuinit type of throwaway sections might have made sense
> some time ago when RAM was more constrained, but now the savings
> do not offset the cost and complications.  For example, the fix in
> commit 5e427ec2d0 ("x86: Fix bit corruption at CPU resume time")
> is a good example of the nasty type of bugs that can be created
> with improper use of the various __init prefixes.

Hi Paul.

Could you please post the sizes of a generic kernel build
with and without this?


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