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Peter Anvin" To: David Howells CC: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pinskia@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/45] C++: Convert the kernel to C++ User-Agent: K-9 Mail for Android In-Reply-To: <2153666.1705049523@warthog.procyon.org.uk> References: <49231a98-d39f-4920-8d9f-e60aa014f518@zytor.com> <152261521484.30503.16131389653845029164.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <3465e0c6-f5b2-4c42-95eb-29361481f805@zytor.com> <2153666.1705049523@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Message-ID: <2604C18A-4DF1-443B-9A31-F52666C80BE0@zytor.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On January 12, 2024 12:52:03 AM PST, David Howells = wrote: >H=2E Peter Anvin wrote: > >> One thing I forgot to mention that would be quite useful is careful use= of >> namespaces=2E > >Just be aware that the use of namespaces would make the kernel image bigg= er if >symbols are included=2E > >David > If we can leverage data compression it probably would be a lot of space du= e to the highly repetitive nature of most symbols=2E To allow for random ac= cess that requires a bit of sophistication, but nothing that couldn't be so= lved=2E