linux-kernel - Re: Shrink the held_lock struct by using bitfields.

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Date:	Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:47:36 +0100
From:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
To:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, mingo@...hat.com,
	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Shrink the held_lock struct by using bitfields.

Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com> wrote:

> Shrink the held_lock struct by using bitfields.
> This shrinks task_struct on lockdep enabled kernels by 480 bytes.

>  * The following field is used to detect when we cross into an
>  * interrupt context:
>  */
> -     int                             irq_context;
[...]
> +     unsigned char irq_context:1;
[...]

Can these fields be set by concurrent processes, e.g.:
CPU0        CPU1
load flags
            load flags
            flip bit
            store
flip bit
store

?
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