linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/8] fdmap v2

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.64.0706072222340.3454@alien.or.mcafeemobile.com>
Date:	Thu, 7 Jun 2007 22:25:10 -0700 (PDT)
From:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>
To:	Eric Dumazet <dada1@...mosbay.com>
cc:	Davide Libenzi <davidel@...ilserver.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ulrich Drepper <drepper@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/8] fdmap v2 - fdmap core

On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Eric Dumazet wrote:

> struct fd_map {
>     /*
>      * read mostly part
>      */
>     unsigned int base;   /* 0x00 */
>     unsigned int size;   /* 0x04 */
>     struct list_head slist; /* 0x08 */
>     struct list_head *slots; /* 0x18 */
>     unsigned long *map; /* 0x20 */
>     void (*freecb)(void *, struct fd_map *); /* 0x28 */
>     void *freecb_priv; /* 0x30 */
> 	/* one 8 bytes hole */
> 
>     /*
>      * written part on a separate cache line in SMP
>      */
>     unsigned int fdnext ____cacheline_aligned_in_smp; /* 0x40 */
> 
>     struct fd_map *next;  /* 0x48 */
>     struct rcu_head rcu; /* 0x50 */
> }; /* size 0x60 , aligned to 0x80 */

Wait, that's wrong. Mostly written fields are fdnext and slist, and now 
count. The rcu and next are written only on free. I'd move next down, move 
slist up, and place count up.



- Davide


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