Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: bloat and debugging code | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 1999 21:18:05 -0700 | From | Zack Weinberg <> |
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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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