From: Babu Moger <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2016 08:53:24 -0500
> > On 9/28/2016 3:39 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote: >> On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:33:27PM -0700, Babu Moger wrote: >>> This new config parameter limits the space used for "Lock debugging: >>> prove locking correctness" by about 4MB. The current sparc systems >>> have >>> the limitation of 32MB size for kernel size including .text, .data and >>> .bss sections. With PROVE_LOCKING feature, the kernel size could grow >>> beyond this limit and causing system boot-up issues. With this option, >>> kernel limits the size of the entries of lock_chains, stack_trace >>> etc., >>> so that kernel fits in required size limit. This is not visible to >>> user >>> and only used for sparc. >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <[email protected]> >> You forgot to Cc Dave, and since you're touching sparc I need an Ack >> from him before I can queue this. > Dave, Can you please take a look at the patch. Please ack it if it > looks good. I am travelling and will look at it when I get a chance.
