Re: [PATCH] sched: Move cpu masks from kernel/sched.c into kernel/cpu.c

[Paul Jackson <pj@sgi.com>]

Max wrote:
> kernel/cpu.c is now built for the UP kernel too, but it does not
> affect the size the kernel sections.

I don't think this is possible.  It must affect the size.

The patch moves kernel/cpu.o from being included only if CONFIG_SMP,
to being included always:

     obj-y     = sched.o fork.o exec_domain.o panic.o printk.o profile.o \
    -	    exit.o itimer.o time.o softirq.o resource.o \
    +	    cpu.o exit.o itimer.o time.o softirq.o resource.o \
		sysctl.o capability.o ptrace.o timer.o user.o \
		signal.o sys.o kmod.o workqueue.o pid.o \
		rcupdate.o extable.o params.o posix-timers.o \
    @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex.o
     obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_RT_MUTEXES) += rtmutex-debug.o
     obj-$(CONFIG_RT_MUTEX_TESTER) += rtmutex-tester.o
     obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA) += dma.o
    -obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += cpu.o spinlock.o
    +obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += spinlock.o

The kernel/cpu.o object file is non-empty; it has size,
perhaps 1 or 2 kbytes of text, and a little bit of data.

So adding it to builds which disabled SMP must add to the
size of the resultant kernel, by my thinking anyway.

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