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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:54:50 -0700 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org> Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>, Vincent Guittot <vincent.guittot@...aro.org>, Dietmar Eggemann <dietmar.eggemann@....com>, Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>, Ben Segall <bsegall@...gle.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Daniel Bristot de Oliveira <bristot@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] sched: task_struct: Fill unconditional hole induced by sched_entity With struct sched_entity before the other sched entities, its alignment won't induce a struct hole. This saves 64 bytes in defconfig task_struct: Before: ... unsigned int rt_priority; /* 120 4 */ /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */ const struct sched_class * sched_class; /* 128 8 */ /* XXX 56 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 3 boundary (192 bytes) --- */ struct sched_entity se __attribute__((__aligned__(64))); /* 192 448 */ /* --- cacheline 10 boundary (640 bytes) --- */ struct sched_rt_entity rt; /* 640 48 */ struct sched_dl_entity dl __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); /* 688 224 */ /* --- cacheline 14 boundary (896 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */ After: ... unsigned int rt_priority; /* 120 4 */ /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */ struct sched_entity se __attribute__((__aligned__(64))); /* 128 448 */ /* --- cacheline 9 boundary (576 bytes) --- */ struct sched_rt_entity rt; /* 576 48 */ struct sched_dl_entity dl __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); /* 624 224 */ /* --- cacheline 13 boundary (832 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */ Summary diff: - /* size: 7040, cachelines: 110, members: 188 */ + /* size: 6976, cachelines: 109, members: 188 */ Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> --- include/linux/sched.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 39039ce8ac4c..27ed1d40028f 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -775,10 +775,10 @@ struct task_struct { int normal_prio; unsigned int rt_priority; - const struct sched_class *sched_class; struct sched_entity se; struct sched_rt_entity rt; struct sched_dl_entity dl; + const struct sched_class *sched_class; #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CORE struct rb_node core_node; -- 2.30.2
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