linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] sched: make struct task

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Date:   Wed, 4 Sep 2019 09:43:23 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Alexey Dobriyan' <adobriyan@...il.com>,
        Valentin Schneider <valentin.schneider@....com>
CC:     "mingo@...hat.com" <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "rcu@...r.kernel.org" <rcu@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-block@...r.kernel.org" <linux-block@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dm-devel@...hat.com" <dm-devel@...hat.com>,
        "axboe@...nel.dk" <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        "aarcange@...hat.com" <aarcange@...hat.com>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] sched: make struct task_struct::state 32-bit

From: Alexey Dobriyan
> Sent: 03 September 2019 19:19
...
> > How did you come up with this changeset, did you pickaxe for some regexp?
> 
> No, manually, backtracking up to the call chain.
> Maybe I missed a few places.

Renaming the structure field and getting the compiler to find all the uses can help.

	David

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