Linux Tiny Patch Details

This page has a table of patches that are part of the Linux-tiny project.

patch	type	description	kernel option	2.6.22 status/notes
use-funit-at-a-time.patch	compiler flag	Add -funit-at-a-time to the gcc compilation flags for building the kernel	None	OK
config-net-small.patch	add option	Add CONFIG_NET_SMALL configuration option	Adds CONFIG_NET_SMALL
cache_defer_hash.patch	smaller data	Reduce RPC cache hash table size from PageSize to 512	Uses CONFIG_NET_SMALL
unix_socket_table.patch	smaller data	Reduce AF_UNIX socket hash table from 256 to 16 entries	Uses CONFIG_NET_SMALL
inet_protos.patch	smaller data	Reduce number of internet protocols supported from 256 to 32	Uses CONFIG_NET_SMALL
flow-cache-small.patch	smaller data	Reduce flow cache hash table from 2^10 (1024) to 2^3 (8)	Uses CONFIG_NET_SMALL
tg3-oops.patch	bugfix	Handle tg3 ring allocation correctly	None
namei-inlines.patch	smaller code	Uninline various functions in namei.c	None
buffer-inlines.patch	smaller code	Uninline function in buffer.c	None
ext2namei-inlines.patch	smaller code	Uninline ext2_add_nondir function	None
kmalloc-accounting.patch	measurement feature	Add kmalloc accounting feature	CONFIG_KMALLOC_ACCOUNTING
audit-bootmem.patch	measurement feature	Cause bootmem code to print callers and sizes for allocations	CONFIG_AUDIT_BOOTMEM
deprecate-inline.patch	measurement feature	Add system for counting inline usage by generating deprecation warnings	CONFIG_MEASURE_INLINES
func-size.patch	measurement feature	Adds a script to count inline function sizes	None
tiny-panic.patch	reduced debug feature	Add option to use smaller panic code	CONFIG_FULL_PANIC
nopanic.patch	omit debug feature	Make code for kernel panic configurable	CONFIG_PANIC
tiny-crc.patch	smaller data	Allow using function instead of table for CRC32 calculations	CONFIG_CRC32_TABLES
	smaller code	Inline current() and current_thread_info() on UP (configurable)	CONFIG_INLINE_THREADINFO
slob-accounting.patch	measurement feature	Add kmalloc accounting to SLOB allocator	Uses CONFIG_SLOB, CONFIG_KMALLOC_ACCOUNTING
mempool-shrink.patch	reduced feature	Allow disabling mempool allocator feature	CONFIG_MEMPOOL
no-translations.patch	omit feature	Allow omitting support for console charset translation	CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS
sysenter.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling syscalls via sysenter (x86-only)	CONFIG_SYSENTER
no-aio.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling Asynchronous IO syscalls and support	CONFIG_AIO
no-xattr.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling Extended Attributes syscalls and support	CONFIG_XATTR
fslock.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling POSIX file locking syscalls and support	CONFIG_FILE_LOCKING
ethtool.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling support for configuring network devices with ethtool program	CONFIG_ETHTOOL
inetpeer.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling INET peer data tracking	CONFIG_INETPEER
net-filter.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling old-style packet filtering support	CONFIG_NET_SK_FILTER
dev_mcast.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling netdev multicast support	CONFIG_NET_DEV_MULTICAST
igmp.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) support - used for multicasts	CONFIG_IGMP
binfmt-script.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling support to run shell scripts via standard "#!" syntax	CONFIG_BINFMT_SCRIPT
elf-no-aout.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling support for ELF programs with a.out format loader or libraries	CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_AOUT
max-swapfiles.patch	smaller data	Make the number of swapfiles configurable	CONFIG_MAX_SWAPFILES_SHIFT
ldiscs.patch	smaller data	Make the number of tty line disciplines configurable	CONFIG_NR_LDISCS
max_user_rt_prio.patch	smaller data	Make the number of RT priority O(1) scheduling queues configurable	CONFIG_MAX_USER_RT_PRIO
ide-hwif.patch	smaller data	Make the number of supported IDE interfaces configurable	CONFIG_IDE_HWIFS
sbf.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling simple bootflag support (x86-only)	CONFIG_BOOTFLAG
serial-pci.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling support for PCI serial devices	CONFIG_SERIAL_PCI
dmi_blacklist.patch	omit feautre	Allow disabling DMI scanning (x86-only)	CONFIG_DMI_SCAN
pci-quirks.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling of workarounds for various PCI chipset bugs and quirks	CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS
tsc.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling use of TSC as kernel timer (x86-only)	CONFIG_X86_TSC_TIMER
cpu-support.patch	omit feature	Allow disabling vendor-specific x86 CPU features (x86-only)	CONFIG_PROCESSOR_SELECT, CONFIG_CPU_SUP_* (many)
mtrr.patch	continuation patch	Make MTRR support depend on vendor-specific CPU selection (x86-only)	None
movsl-mask.patch	continuation patch	Make movsl mask usage depend on vendor-specific CPU selection (x86-only)	None
do-printk.patch	reduced feature	Allow fine-grained control of printk message compilation	CONFIG_PRINTK_FUNC, uses CONFIG_PRINTK