RE: [patch 41/44] make thread_info.flags an unsigned long

Luck, Tony
2006-02-01T18:17:43Z

--- 2.6-git.orig/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
+++ 2.6-git/include/asm-ia64/thread_info.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
struct thread_info {
struct task_struct *task; /* XXX not really needed, except for dup_task_struct() */
struct exec_domain *exec_domain;/* execution domain */
- __u32 flags; /* thread_info flags (see TIF_*) */
+ unsigned long flags; /* thread_info flags (see TIF_*) */
__u32 cpu; /* current CPU */
mm_segment_t addr_limit; /* user-level address space limit */
int preempt_count; /* 0=premptable, <0=BUG; will also serve as bh-counter */

This leaves a useless hole in the structure. Tell me again why
this is a good thing?

-Tony