From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com (us-smtp-delivery-124.mimecast.com [170.10.133.124]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2B25562A for ; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:52:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=redhat.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (1024-bit key) header.d=redhat.com header.i=@redhat.com header.b="HN9GaIYR" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=redhat.com; s=mimecast20190719; t=1705049529; h=from:from:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date:message-id:message-id: to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version:content-type:content-type: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references; bh=EDdfOvV+4784FLJ0qEaQ5pTw49maq5I10+FoEROdaJg=; b=HN9GaIYRntprs+FldAh/N+Ptb3PcXZL+trzopTRy6usijDymBL60LKoNG4gfVN4iqay1bo m1SV7BBv94zVcts8HmjQpC0Jr6iGGsYW/dCcg15KW4AEkODBy8aAi/+We/bYgcwV/o42CR McEEeUuvtzPIN23SD4lKtEWvQQlUkMw= Received: from mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (mimecast-mx02.redhat.com [66.187.233.88]) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP with STARTTLS (version=TLSv1.3, cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384) id us-mta-642-R9aKxxDgOKaEa7VvkeRM3g-1; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 03:52:05 -0500 X-MC-Unique: R9aKxxDgOKaEa7VvkeRM3g-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx08.intmail.prod.int.rdu2.redhat.com [10.11.54.8]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx02.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C620385A58B; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:52:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from warthog.procyon.org.uk (unknown [10.42.28.67]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2C878C19060; Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:52:04 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Red Hat UK Ltd. Registered Address: Red Hat UK Ltd, Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SI4 1TE, United Kingdom. Registered in England and Wales under Company Registration No. 3798903 From: David Howells In-Reply-To: <49231a98-d39f-4920-8d9f-e60aa014f518@zytor.com> References: <49231a98-d39f-4920-8d9f-e60aa014f518@zytor.com> <152261521484.30503.16131389653845029164.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk> <3465e0c6-f5b2-4c42-95eb-29361481f805@zytor.com> To: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: dhowells@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, pinskia@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/45] C++: Convert the kernel to C++ Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-ID: <2153665.1705049523.1@warthog.procyon.org.uk> Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 08:52:03 +0000 Message-ID: <2153666.1705049523@warthog.procyon.org.uk> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 3.4.1 on 10.11.54.8 H. Peter Anvin wrote: > One thing I forgot to mention that would be quite useful is careful use of > namespaces. Just be aware that the use of namespaces would make the kernel image bigger if symbols are included. David