>>> Eric W. Biederman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 21.12.07 00:05 >>> >"Jan Beulich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Remains the question whether it is intended that many, perhaps even >> large, tables are compiled in without ever having a chance to get used, >> i.e. whether there shouldn't #ifdef CONFIG_xxx get added. > > >The constification looks good. The file should be compiled only when >we have sysctl support. We use those tables when we call >register_sysctl_table. Which we do a lot.
I understand this. Nevertheless, the tables take 23k on 64-bits, and many of them are unused when certain subsystems aren't being built (and some are even architecture specific). The arlan tables are a particularly good example, but the netfilter ones are pretty big and probably not always used, too. Jan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
