From: Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@xxxxxxxxxxxx> fpu_counter in task_struct was used only by sh/x86. Both of these now carry it in ARCH specific thread_struct, hence this can now be removed from generic task_struct, shrinking it slightly for other arches. Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/sched.h | 9 --------- 1 file changed, 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 6682da36b293..78386c1e04a3 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -1046,15 +1046,6 @@ struct task_struct { struct hlist_head preempt_notifiers; #endif - /* - * fpu_counter contains the number of consecutive context switches - * that the FPU is used. If this is over a threshold, the lazy fpu - * saving becomes unlazy to save the trap. This is an unsigned char - * so that after 256 times the counter wraps and the behavior turns - * lazy again; this to deal with bursty apps that only use FPU for - * a short time - */ - unsigned char fpu_counter; #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE unsigned int btrace_seq; #endif -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-arch" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html