5% doesn't sound like what you would get addressing the lowest hanging fruit.. Which makes sense because the Linux kernel's primary bloat is mostly in the form

5% doesn't sound like what you would get addressing the lowest hanging fruit.. Which makes sense because the Linux kernel's primary bloat is mostly in the form of drivers that never load on any specific system. So sure, a pretty good result for not a very relevant optimization but I'd be disappointed if I built this tool specifically for the kernel instead of applied it because I had it..