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Re: uarea swap-out



David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost> wrote:
> > 
> > > - lwp_t::l_swaplock: worth leaving as a reserved field?
> > > 
> > 
> > It is a struct, prefer to clean it up.
> 
> Leaving as a pad avoids breaking binary comparibility.

Few points:

- AFAIK, we cannot assume the size of struct kmutex, as it might differ
  among architectures. Worth removal, rather than workaround.

- Currently, it is not a requirement, yet. It might/will be, to improve
  modules support. But we need some plan before. A separate discussion. :)

-- 
Mindaugas


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