alloc_task_struct_node() allocates THREAD_SIZE and maintains some
weird refcount in the allocated memory. This never blew up as
task_struct size on 32bit machines was always less than THREAD_SIZE
Allocate just sizeof(struct task_struct) and get rid of the magic
refcounting.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120503085033.898475542@linutronix.de
struct task_struct *alloc_task_struct_node(int node)
{
- struct task_struct *p = kmalloc_node(THREAD_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL, node);
-
- if (p)
- atomic_set((atomic_t *)(p+1), 1);
- return p;
+ return kmalloc_node(sizeof(task_struct), GFP_KERNEL, node);
}
void free_task_struct(struct task_struct *p)
{
- if (atomic_dec_and_test((atomic_t *)(p+1)))
- kfree(p);
+ kfree(p);
}
static void core_sleep_idle(void)