Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 30 Nov 2001 15:53:02 -0800 (PST) | From | Davide Libenzi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] task_struct colouring ... |
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On Fri, 30 Nov 2001, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Looking at both the Manfred and Fujitsu patches I propose this new version > > for task struct colouring. > > The patch from Manfred is too architecture dependent ( cr2 ) and storing > > extra stuff in CPU registers is not IMHO a good idea. > > Well the whole "current" handling is entirely architecture dependant anyway. > On most saner platforms current is a global register variable (the wonders > of gcc) and the whole problem simply isnt there
So You like the idea of stocking structure pointers inside CPU registers or I missed Your point ? The proposed implementation is "uniform" between architectures, that's my point. What for CPUs that cannot offer "free" registers ? What if someone else, following the example, start stocking some other pointer in free registers ?
- Davide
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