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

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Message-ID: <20070103010631.GA11031@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 2 Jan 2007 20:06:31 -0500
From:	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>
To:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>
Cc:	mingo@...hat.com, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Shrink the held_lock struct by using bitfields.

On Wed, Jan 03, 2007 at 01:47:36AM +0100, Bodo Eggert wrote:
 > 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

It's a per-process structure.

		Dave

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