linux-kernel - [PATCH] nfs: reorder nfs4_sequence_regs to remove 8 bytes of padding on 64 bits

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Date:	Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:50:12 +0000
From:	Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>
To:	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>
Cc:	linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] nfs: reorder nfs4_sequence_regs to remove 8 bytes of
 padding on 64 bits

reorder nfs4_sequence_args to remove 8 bytes of padding on 64 bit
builds. 

The size of this structure drops to 24 bytes from 32 and reduces the
text size of nfs.ko.
On my x86_64 size reports 

		text       data     bss
2.6.32-rc5 	200996	   8512	    432	 209940	  33414	nfs.ko
+patch 		200884	   8512	    432	 209828	  333a4	nfs.ko


Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@....demon.co.uk>

----
patch against 2.6.32-rc5
only lightly tested but it seems to work both with   
64 bit client -> 32 bit server & 32 bit client -> 64 bit server.

regards

Richard 


diff --git a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
index 62f63fb..8c88037 100644
--- a/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
+++ b/include/linux/nfs_xdr.h
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ struct nfs4_sequence_args {
 struct nfs4_sequence_res {
 	struct nfs4_session	*sr_session;
 	u8			sr_slotid;	/* slot used to send request */
-	unsigned long		sr_renewal_time;
 	int			sr_status;	/* sequence operation status */
+	unsigned long		sr_renewal_time;
 };
 
 struct nfs4_get_lease_time_args {


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