netdev - [PATCH] net: make struct napi_alloc_cache::skb

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Date:   Sat, 19 Nov 2016 03:47:56 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     davem@...emloft.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] net: make struct napi_alloc_cache::skb_count unsigned int

size_t is way too much for an integer not exceeding 64.

Space savings: 10 bytes!

	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/3 up/down: 0/-10 (-10)
	function                                     old     new   delta
	napi_consume_skb                             165     163      -2
	__kfree_skb_flush                             56      53      -3
	__kfree_skb_defer                             97      92      -5
	Total: Before=154865639, After=154865629, chg -0.00%

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 net/core/skbuff.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(build_skb);
 
 struct napi_alloc_cache {
 	struct page_frag_cache page;
-	size_t skb_count;
+	unsigned int skb_count;
 	void *skb_cache[NAPI_SKB_CACHE_SIZE];
 };