genirq: Get rid of unnecessary irqaction field in task_struct
When a new thread handler is created, an irqaction is passed to it as
data. Not only that irqaction is stored in task_struct by the handler
for later use, but also a structure associated with the kernel thread
keeps this value as long as the thread exists.
This fix kicks irqaction out off task_struct. Yes, I introduce new bit
field. But it allows not only to eliminate the duplicate, but also
shortens size of task_struct.
Reported-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120309135925.GB2114@dhcp-26-207.brq.redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 7d379a6..07f537a 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1319,6 +1319,11 @@
unsigned sched_reset_on_fork:1;
unsigned sched_contributes_to_load:1;
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+ /* IRQ handler threads */
+ unsigned irq_thread:1;
+#endif
+
pid_t pid;
pid_t tgid;
@@ -1427,11 +1432,6 @@
* mempolicy */
spinlock_t alloc_lock;
-#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
- /* IRQ handler threads */
- struct irqaction *irqaction;
-#endif
-
/* Protection of the PI data structures: */
raw_spinlock_t pi_lock;