This patch strips off 8 bytes from text section. Not a really big advantage (especially for __init section). It seems 8192 bytes of disassembled code is rare used anyway.
before: text data bss dec hex filename 9900 176 20 10096 2770 arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.o.old after: text data bss dec hex filename 9892 176 20 10088 2768 arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.o Signed-off-by: Cyrill Gorcunov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- If there is no benefit at all - just drop the patch. Any comments are welcome ;) Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c 2008-02-02 23:52:16.000000000 +0300 +++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/traps_32.c 2008-02-03 00:39:58.000000000 +0300 @@ -1229,8 +1229,9 @@ __setup("kstack=", kstack_setup); static int __init code_bytes_setup(char *s) { code_bytes = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0); - if (code_bytes > 8192) - code_bytes = 8192; + + /* we don't want too long code-dump */ + code_bytes &= 8191; return 1; } Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c 2008-02-02 23:52:16.000000000 +0300 +++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/kernel/traps_64.c 2008-02-03 00:38:10.000000000 +0300 @@ -1196,8 +1196,9 @@ early_param("kstack", kstack_setup); static int __init code_bytes_setup(char *s) { code_bytes = simple_strtoul(s, NULL, 0); - if (code_bytes > 8192) - code_bytes = 8192; + + /* we don't want too long code-dump */ + code_bytes &= 8191; return 1; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/