linux-kernel - [PATCH] sched: reorder signal_struct to remove 8 bytes on 64 bit builds

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Date:	Fri, 01 Aug 2008 13:18:04 +0100
From:	Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] sched: reorder signal_struct to remove 8 bytes on 64 bit
	builds

reorder structure to remove 8 bytes of padding on 64 bit builds

Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>
---
patch against 2.6.27-rc1
compiled & tested on AMD64 desktop

Richard

 include/linux/sched.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 3f18cd2..12b708f 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -450,8 +450,8 @@ struct signal_struct {
 	 * - everyone except group_exit_task is stopped during signal delivery
 	 *   of fatal signals, group_exit_task processes the signal.
 	 */
-	struct task_struct	*group_exit_task;
 	int			notify_count;
+	struct task_struct	*group_exit_task;
 
 	/* thread group stop support, overloads group_exit_code too */
 	int			group_stop_count;
-- 
1.5.5.1



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