From d3ac21cacc24790eb45d735769f35753f5b56ceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Josh Triplett Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:41:09 -0500 Subject: mm: Support compiling out madvise and fadvise Many embedded systems will not need these syscalls, and omitting them saves space. Add a new EXPERT config option CONFIG_ADVISE_SYSCALLS (default y) to support compiling them out. bloat-o-meter: add/remove: 0/3 grow/shrink: 0/0 up/down: 0/-2250 (-2250) function old new delta sys_fadvise64 57 - -57 sys_fadvise64_64 691 - -691 sys_madvise 1502 - -1502 Signed-off-by: Josh Triplett --- init/Kconfig | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'init') diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig index e84c6423a2e5..782a65bf76ea 100644 --- a/init/Kconfig +++ b/init/Kconfig @@ -1537,6 +1537,16 @@ 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 -- cgit v1.2.2