maps4: make page monitoring /proc file optional

[h-e-n] / init / Kconfig

diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index dc28836..aaa7e7d 100644 (file)
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -678,6 +678,16 @@ config MARKERS
 
 source "arch/Kconfig"
 
+config PROC_PAGE_MONITOR
+       default y
+       depends on PROC_FS && MMU
+       bool "Enable /proc page monitoring" if EMBEDDED
+       help
+         Various /proc files exist to monitor process memory utilization:
+         /proc/pid/smaps, /proc/pid/clear_refs, /proc/pid/pagemap,
+         /proc/kpagecount, and /proc/kpageflags. Disabling these
+          interfaces will reduce the size of the kernel by approximately 4kb.
+
 endmenu                # General setup
 
 config SLABINFO