x86: change thread_info's flag field back to 32 bits

Impact: pack struct thread_info more tightly

Change x86_64's thread_info 'flags' field back to __u32.

This was changed to 'unsigned long' when the thread_info*.h
for i386 and x86_64 were merged.  Change it back.  We can
do this as only 27 bits of 'flags' are actually used.

This change actually packs down thread_info by 64 bits:
32 bits are saved by the smaller flags, and 32 bits are
saved by the following 'mm_segment_t field' becoming
naturally 64-bit aligned.

Signed-off-by: Joe Korty <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
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Joe Korty authored and Ingo Molnar committed 2008-12-04 11:06:03 +01:00
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@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ struct exec_domain;
struct thread_info {
struct task_struct *task; /* main task structure */
struct exec_domain *exec_domain; /* execution domain */
unsigned long flags; /* low level flags */
__u32 flags; /* low level flags */
__u32 status; /* thread synchronous flags */
__u32 cpu; /* current CPU */
int preempt_count; /* 0 => preemptable,