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From: will.deacon@arm.com (Will Deacon)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] Shrink thread_info a bit
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:18:53 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20111024131853.GA4250@mudshark.cambridge.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20111024124818.GA17693@n2100.arm.linux.org.uk>

Hi Russell,

On Mon, Oct 24, 2011 at 01:48:18PM +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> index 7b5cc8d..a030be7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
> @@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ struct thread_info {
>  	__u32			syscall;	/* syscall number */
>  	__u8			used_cp[16];	/* thread used copro */
>  	unsigned long		tp_value;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CRUNCH
>  	struct crunch_state	crunchstate;
> +#endif
>  	union fp_state		fpstate __attribute__((aligned(8)));

Can we also shrink the contents of fp_state when AEABI && !OABI_COMPAT?
It's slightly more involved as ptrace and core-dumping would need some
similar treatment. We probably need to keep the union kicking around
though, since the iwmmxt state is held in there.

Will

  parent reply	other threads:[~2011-10-24 13:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-24 12:48 [PATCH] Shrink thread_info a bit Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-10-24 13:06 ` Baruch Siach
2011-10-24 13:08   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-10-24 13:18 ` Will Deacon [this message]
2011-10-24 13:20   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-10-25 14:41   ` Dave Martin
2011-10-26  7:11     ` Will Deacon
2011-10-24 14:33 ` Tim Bird

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