svn commit: r216634 - in head/sys/amd64: amd64 ia32 include linux32

[John Baldwin]

On Tuesday, December 21, 2010 7:18:42 pm Jung-uk Kim wrote:
> Author: jkim
> Date: Wed Dec 22 00:18:42 2010
> New Revision: 216634
> URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/216634
> 
> Log:
>   Improve PCB flags handling and make it more robust.  Add two new functions
>   for manipulating pcb_flags.  These inline functions are very similar to
>   atomic_set_char(9) and atomic_clear_char(9) but without unnecessary LOCK
>   prefix for SMP.  Add comments about the rationale[1].  Use these functions
>   wherever possible.  Although there are some places where it is not strictly
>   necessary (e.g., a PCB is copied to create a new PCB), it is done across
>   the board for sake of consistency.  Turn pcb_full_iret into a PCB flag as
>   it is safe now.  Move rarely used fields before pcb_flags and reduce size
>   of pcb_flags to one byte.  Fix some style(9) nits in pcb.h while I am in
>   the neighborhood.
>   
>   Reviewed by:	kib
>   Submitted by:	kib[1]
>   MFC after:	2 months

Is there really a need to have the flags field be a char instead of an int or
long?  It seems to me that flags fields in general should be an int unless
there is a strong need otherwise (e.g. hardware-defined flag).  'orl' will work
just as well as 'orb'.

-- 
John Baldwin