linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] IB/core: Shuffle locks in ib_port

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Date:   Thu, 3 Jun 2021 11:55:15 +0300
From:   Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>
To:     Anand Khoje <anand.a.khoje@...cle.com>
Cc:     linux-rdma@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        dledford@...hat.com, jgg@...pe.ca, haakon.bugge@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/3] IB/core: Shuffle locks in ib_port_data to save
 memory

On Thu, Jun 03, 2021 at 12:20:23PM +0530, Anand Khoje wrote:
> pahole shows two 4-byte holes in struct ib_port_data after
> pkey_list_lock and netdev_lock respectively.
> 
> Shuffling the netdev_lock to be after pkey_list_lock, this 
> shaves off eight bytes from the struct.
> 
> Suggested-by: Haakon Bugge <haakon.bugge@...cle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Anand Khoje <anand.a.khoje@...cle.com>
> ---
>  include/rdma/ib_verbs.h | 4 +++-
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 

Thanks,
Reviewed-by: Leon Romanovsky <leonro@...dia.com>