Re: [PATCH] asm offsets for i386

[Pete Zaitcev <zaitcev@redhat.com>]

> [Resend]
> 
> This patch creates an asm-offsets.c file for i386, and removes the
> hardcoded constants from several asm files.
> 
> --
> 				Brian Gerst

Doesn't seem to be worth the trouble because thread_info
is a small structure, not embedded into a big structure
as thread_struct was. DaveM removed the automatic
offset generation on sparc64 and I am thinking to do
the same on sparc.

I'm not surprised that nobody answered, the patch seems
to be rather pointless.

We might want to add something like this:

    if (TI_CPU         != offsetof(struct thread_info, cpu) ||
        TI_PREEMPT     != offsetof(struct thread_info, preempt_count) ||
        TI_SOFTIRQ     != offsetof(struct thread_info, softirq_count) ||
        TI_HARDIRQ     != offsetof(struct thread_info, hardirq_count))
            thread_info_offsets_are_bolixed_linus();

It gives out an link time error.

-- Pete