linux-kernel - Re: reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch removed from -mm tree

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Date:	Tue, 29 May 2007 21:10:15 -0400
From:	Kyle McMartin <kyle@...artin.ca>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	wcohen@...hat.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, ralf@...ux-mips.org
Subject: Re: reduce-size-of-task_struct-on-64-bit-machines.patch removed from -mm tree

On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 05:55:01PM -0400, Kyle McMartin wrote:
> Other 64-bit arch maintainers should check that they're using a 32-bit
> load/store on these fields in their assembly now (we were using a
> #define to do word on 32bit and doubleword on 64bit, which broke, badly,
> when these changed.)
> 

Bummer, I just audited everyone else and we're the only people who use
these flags in assembly. Sigh.

Oh well.

Cheers,
	Kyle
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