linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V2] naturally align struct ext4_allocation

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Message-ID: <20090706022412.GD6706@mit.edu>
Date:	Sun, 5 Jul 2009 22:24:12 -0400
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Cc:	Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...il.com>,
	ext4 development <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] naturally align struct ext4_allocation_request

On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 08:09:40PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> As Ted noted, the ext4_allocation_request isn't well aligned.
> 
> Looking at it with pahole we're wasting space on 64-bit
> arches...
> grouping 32-bit members together closes these holes and shrinks
> the structure by 12 bytes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>


Thanks, added to the ext4 patch queue.

						- Ted

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