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 Cc: David Howells --- arch/frv/kernel/process.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) Index: tip/arch/frv/kernel/process.c =================================================================== --- tip.orig/arch/frv/kernel/process.c +++ tip/arch/frv/kernel/process.c @@ -45,17 +45,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(pm_power_off); 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)