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

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

[akpm]

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

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

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

Linux doesn't support 4GB+ filenames in /proc, so unsigned long is too much.

MOV r64, r/m64 is smaller than MOV r32, r/m32.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20161029161123.GG1246@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-struct-map_files_info-len-unsigned-int fs/proc/base.c
--- a/fs/proc/base.c~proc-make-struct-struct-map_files_info-len-unsigned-int
+++ a/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -1967,7 +1967,7 @@ out:
 
 struct map_files_info {
 	fmode_t		mode;
-	unsigned long	len;
+	unsigned int	len;
 	unsigned char	name[4*sizeof(long)+2]; /* max: %lx-%lx\0 */
 };
 
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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