Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756202Ab3GaMch (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:32:37 -0400 Received: from out1-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:60786 "EHLO out1-smtp.messagingengine.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751310Ab3GaMcf (ORCPT ); Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:32:35 -0400 X-Sasl-enc: pe5XCnTUu3rV5yt22g7o6xbHPSKVThCNzYqASct4TYVD 1375273954 Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 05:33:51 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Tony Lindgren Cc: ksummit-2013-discuss@lists.linuxfoundation.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [Ksummit-2013-discuss] [ATTEND] [ARM ATTEND] kernel data bloat and how to avoid it Message-ID: <20130731123351.GA30474@kroah.com> References: <20130731073802.GT7656@atomide.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130731073802.GT7656@atomide.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 861 Lines: 24 On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 12:38:03AM -0700, Tony Lindgren wrote: > Hi all, > > Probably the biggest kernel data bloat issue is in the ARM land, but > it also seems that it's becoming a Linux generic issue too, so I > guess it could be discussed in either context. Why is it specific to ARM? What is so unique to ARM that causes it to "bloat"? And what exactly do you mean by "bloat"? > Basically the data bloat issue is there for the arch code and drivers > and may not show up initially until things have headed the wrong way for > too long. What do you mean by this? You seem to be very vague here. greg k-h -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/