Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 18 Jan 2006 16:58:08 +0100 | From | "Jan Beulich" <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] CONFIG_UNWIND_INFO |
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>The module loader should be discarding these sections on most architectures >because there is nothing that needs them and it's just a waste of memory >to store them. > >[IA64 might be an exception because they have a kernel level unwinder] > >So it would be best to change the module loader to do this I guess.
But that's why this is a config option: You can prevent the data from being created in the first place if you know you won't need it. For nlkd, adding code to discard these sections despite CONFIG_UNWIND_INFO would only make for more differences, because I'd then have to undo this discarding.
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