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On Thu, 3 Dec 2009, Tejun Heo wrote:

> For colored workqueue flushing, it ends up using more than three bits.
> I haven't decided it fully yet but total of six or seven depending on
> how many colors are used.  So, we need forced alignment anyway.

If it is that much then why not stick it into the structure? It only makes
sense to use the flags in the address if you otherwise do not touch the
structure.