On Fri 2015-01-23 12:37:11, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> Some embedded systems with tightly controlled userspace have no use
> for /dev/zero, and could benefit from the size savings gained by
> omitting it. Add a new EMBEDDED config option to disable it.
>
> bloat-o-meter (based on tinyconfig):
>
> add/remove: 0/3 grow/shrink: 0/1 up/down: 0/-391 (-391)
> function old new delta
> chr_dev_init 162 147 -15
> mmap_zero 16 - -16
> zero_fops 116 - -116
> zero_bdi 244 - -244
>
> Signed-off-by: Tom Zanussi <[email protected]>
I'm not sure that 400 bytes are worth additional Kconfig noise. .. and
pretty much everyone needs /dev/zero...
Pavel
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