Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] config: Adding the new config parameter CONFIG_PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL for sparc

[Sam Ravnborg]

On Tue, Sep 27, 2016 at 12:33:27PM -0700, Babu Moger wrote:
> This new config parameter limits the space used for "Lock debugging:
> prove locking correctness" by about 4MB. The current sparc systems have
> the limitation of 32MB size for kernel size including .text, .data and
> .bss sections. With PROVE_LOCKING feature, the kernel size could grow
> beyond this limit and causing system boot-up issues. With this option,
> kernel limits the size of the entries of lock_chains, stack_trace etc.,
> so that kernel fits in required size limit. This is not visible to user
> and only used for sparc.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Babu Moger <babu.moger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>