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Re: Overhead of kernel debuginfo packages


On 06/01/2010 06:40 PM, Ivan Novick wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if there is any system overhead to having the the kernel
> debuginfo packages installed if systemtap is not running.  Should the system
> performance be the same as without the packages assuming you do not use
> systemtap?

The only overhead of debuginfo packages is the disk space they consume.
 Nothing is loaded into running processes; it is just extra data for use
by debugging tools.

Josh


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