Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols??? | Date | Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:05:03 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Yes it is : what about the code that allows me > to cat /proc/sys/kernel/tainted and echo an integer > into it ? and the code that's not loaded into kernel > memory sure takes storage space, even if it's not > much.
That code is generic code already in the kernel for every other /proc file. The total impact in bytes is shorter than the email.
If you want to save space fix the page table mess and we can shave off something like 8-16 bytes per page - Ie megabytes.
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