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Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 21:48:51 -0700 From: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> To: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> Cc: x86@...nel.org, 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: Re: [PATCH] sched: task_struct: Fill unconditional hole induced by sched_entity On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 07:54:50PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > 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: Friendly ping. Can someone snag this for -tip please? Thanks! -Kees > > 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 > -- Kees Cook
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