Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 16:52:21 -0800
From: Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>
To: Pieter Smith <pieter@boesman.nl>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/7] kernel tinification: optionally compile out
 splice family of syscalls (splice, vmsplice, tee and sendfile)
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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