Merge tag 'tiny/for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/josh/linux

Pull "tinification" patches from Josh Triplett.

Work on making smaller kernels.

* tag 'tiny/for-3.18' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/josh/linux:
  bloat-o-meter: Ignore syscall aliases SyS_ and compat_SyS_
  mm: Support compiling out madvise and fadvise
  x86: Support compiling out human-friendly processor feature names
  x86: Drop support for /proc files when !CONFIG_PROC_FS
  x86, boot: Don't compile early_serial_console.c when !CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
  x86, boot: Don't compile aslr.c when !CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE
  x86, boot: Use the usual -y -n mechanism for objects in vmlinux
  x86: Add "make tinyconfig" to configure the tiniest possible kernel
  x86, platform, kconfig: move kvmconfig functionality to a helper

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 80a6907f91c5..b48917717bae 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1540,6 +1540,16 @@ config AIO
           by some high performance threaded applications. Disabling
           this option saves about 7k.
 
+config ADVISE_SYSCALLS
+        bool "Enable madvise/fadvise syscalls" if EXPERT
+        default y
+        help
+          This option enables the madvise and fadvise syscalls, used by
+          applications to advise the kernel about their future memory or file
+          usage, improving performance. If building an embedded system where no
+          applications use these syscalls, you can disable this option to save
+          space.
+
 config PCI_QUIRKS
         default y
         bool "Enable PCI quirk workarounds" if EXPERT