> struct fd { > struct file *file; > - int need_put; > + unsigned need_put:1, need_pos_unlock:1; > }; Since we're rounding up to 2*sizeof(struct file *) anyway, is this a case where wasting space on a couple of char (or bool) flags would generate better code than a bitfield? In particular, the code to set need_pos_unlock (which will be executed each read/write for most files) is messy in the bitfield case. A byte store is much cleaner. (If you want to use bits, why not use the two lsbits of the file pointer for the purpose? That would save a lot of space.) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html