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 <josh@joshtriplett.org>
diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index e84c642..782a65b 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1537,6 +1537,16 @@
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