The patch titled task_struct: move ->fpu_counter and ->oomkilladj has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is task_struct-move-fpu_counter-and-oomkilladj.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: task_struct: move ->fpu_counter and ->oomkilladj From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxx> There is nice 2 byte hole after struct task_struct::ioprio field into which we can put two 1-byte fields: ->fpu_counter and ->oomkilladj. Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxx> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- diff -puN include/linux/sched.h~task_struct-move-fpu_counter-and-oomkilladj include/linux/sched.h --- a/include/linux/sched.h~task_struct-move-fpu_counter-and-oomkilladj +++ a/include/linux/sched.h @@ -888,6 +888,16 @@ struct task_struct { #endif unsigned short ioprio; + /* + * 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; + s8 oomkilladj; /* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift). */ #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE unsigned int btrace_seq; #endif @@ -972,16 +982,6 @@ struct task_struct { struct key *thread_keyring; /* keyring private to this thread */ unsigned char jit_keyring; /* default keyring to attach requested keys to */ #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; - s8 oomkilladj; /* OOM kill score adjustment (bit shift). */ char comm[TASK_COMM_LEN]; /* executable name excluding path - access with [gs]et_task_comm (which lock it with task_lock()) _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@xxxxx are consolidate-ptrace_detach.patch git-kbuild.patch git-sched.patch slub-avoid-touching-page-struct-when-freeing-to-per-cpu-slab-fix.patch use-list_head-in-binfmt-handling-update.patch make-unregister_binfmt-return-void.patch slab_panic-more-proc-posix-timers-shmem.patch add-kernel-notifierc.patch add-kernel-notifierc-fix.patch add-kernel-notifierc-fix-2.patch tweak-proc-ipmi-removal.patch shrink-task_struct-if-config_futex=n.patch userc-deinline.patch userc-ifdef-mq_bytes.patch userc-ifdef-mq_bytes-fix.patch move-kasprintfo-to-obj-y.patch task_struct-move-fpu_counter-and-oomkilladj.patch sysctl-core-stop-using-the-unnecessary-ctl_table-typedef.patch sysctl-factor-out-sysctl_data.patch sysct-mqueue-remove-the-binary-sysctl-numbers.patch sysctl-remove-binary-sysctl-support-where-it-clearly-doesnt-work.patch sysctl-fix-neighbour-table-sysctls.patch sysctl-ipv6-route-flushing-kill-binary-path.patch sysctl-remove-broken-sunrpc-debug-binary-sysctls.patch sysctl-x86_64-remove-unnecessary-binary-paths.patch sysctl-remove-broken-cdrom-binary-sysctls.patch sysctl-ipv4-remove-binary-sysctl-paths-where-they-are-broken.patch sysctl-remove-the-binary-interface-for-aio-nr-aio-max-nr-acpi_video_flags.patch sysctl-error-on-bad-sysctl-tables.patch sysctl-update-sysctl_check_table.patch single_open-seq_release-leak-diagnostics.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html