[PATCH] reorder struct prop_local_single to remove padding on 64 bit builds

[PATCH] reorder struct prop_local_single to remove padding on 64 bit builds

[Richard Kennedy]

reorder structure to remove 8 bytes of padding on 64 bit builds

(also removes 8 bytes from task_struct)

Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
---
patch against 2.6.27-rc1
compiled & tested on AMD64 desktop

Richard


 include/linux/proportions.h |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/proportions.h b/include/linux/proportions.h
index 5afc1b2..cf793bb 100644
--- a/include/linux/proportions.h
+++ b/include/linux/proportions.h
@@ -104,8 +104,8 @@ struct prop_local_single {
 	 * snapshot of the last seen global state
 	 * and a lock protecting this state
 	 */
-	int shift;
 	unsigned long period;
+	int shift;
 	spinlock_t lock;		/* protect the snapshot state */
 };
 
-- 
1.5.5.1

Re: [PATCH] reorder struct prop_local_single to remove padding on 64 bit builds

[Ingo Molnar]

* Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> reorder structure to remove 8 bytes of padding on 64 bit builds
> 
> (also removes 8 bytes from task_struct)

applied all 3 patches to tip/sched/devel - thanks Richard!

	Ingo