Re: [PATCH 0/2] Ajust lockdep static allocations

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Fri Sep 23 2016 - 11:40:54 EST


On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:15:46AM -0500, Babu Moger wrote:

> >> Correct, We can't boot with lockdep. Sorry I did not make that clear.
> >>We have a limit on static size of the kernel.

> >This stuff should be in .bss not .data. It should not affect the static
> >size at all. Or am I misunderstanding things?

> Here it is.
> $ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux.lockdep.small vmlinux.lockdep.big

What does bloat-o-meter have to do with things? The static image size is
not dependent on .bss, right?