+ proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned.patch added to -mm tree

+ proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned.patch added to -mm tree

[akpm]

The patch titled
     Subject: proc: make struct pid_entry::len unsigned
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned.patch

This patch should soon appear at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned.patch
and later at
    http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned.patch

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From: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Subject: proc: make struct pid_entry::len unsigned

"unsigned int" is better on x86_64 because it most of the time it
autoexpands to 64-bit value while "int" requires MOVSX instruction.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161029160810.GF1246@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 fs/proc/base.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff -puN fs/proc/base.c~proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned fs/proc/base.c
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
 
 struct pid_entry {
 	const char *name;
-	int len;
+	unsigned int len;
 	umode_t mode;
 	const struct inode_operations *iop;
 	const struct file_operations *fop;
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from adobriyan@gmail.com are

scripts-bloat-o-meter-fix-sigpipe.patch
kbuild-simpler-generation-of-assembly-constants.patch
proc-make-struct-pid_entry-len-unsigned.patch
proc-make-struct-struct-map_files_info-len-unsigned-int.patch