Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile)

From: Josh Triplett
Date: Mon Nov 24 2014 - 19:52:50 EST


On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 12:00:59AM +0100, Pieter Smith wrote:
> REPO: https://github.com/smipi1/linux-tinification.git
>
> BRANCH: tiny/config-syscall-splice
>
> BACKGROUND: This patch-set forms part of the Linux Kernel Tinification effort (
> https://tiny.wiki.kernel.org/).
>
> GOAL: Support compiling out the splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice,
> tee and sendfile) along with all supporting infrastructure if not needed.
> Many embedded systems will not need the splice-family syscalls. Omitting them
> saves space.
>
> HISTORY:
> PATCH v4:
> - Drops __splice_p()
> - Let nfsd fall back to non-splice support when splice is compiled out
> - Style fixes
[...]
> RESULTS: A tinyconfig bloat-o-meter score for the entire patch-set:
>
> add/remove: 0/41 grow/shrink: 5/7 up/down: 23/-8422 (-8399)

I replied to one patch with a minor nit in the commit message. Other
than that, I don't see any obvious issues with this.

- Josh Triplett
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