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    SubjectRe: bloat and debugging code
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    > > Add 32-byte alignment padding for every string, the increased size of
    > > struct wait_queue, and the code for the macros themselves, and you can
    > > see where the bloat is coming from.
    >
    > And the point being? It's -CURRENT, ferchrissake. In pretty unstable
    > state. Vanilla 2.3.11 has a race in bdflush giving spontaneous reboots.
    > 2.3.12-pre1 *seems* to fix it, but something still lurks there. Easily
    > removable bloat from debugging is not a problem, IMHO.

    Did I say it was a problem? I'm actually pleased to find the only
    reason 2.3 is bigger is debugging. (Makes me want to go hack up ld
    though...)

    What's going on with bdflush?

    zw

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