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Date:   Mon, 28 Feb 2022 11:07:49 +0800
From:   Peng Hao <flyingpenghao@...il.com>
To:     pbonzini@...hat.com
Cc:     kvm@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH]  kvm: x86: Adjust the location of pkru_mask of kvm_mmu to reduce memory

From: Peng Hao <flyingpeng@...cent.com>

Adjust the field pkru_mask to the back of direct_map to make up 8-byte
alignment.This reduces the size of kvm_mmu by 8 bytes.

Signed-off-by: Peng Hao <flyingpeng@...cent.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 17 +++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index e5d8700319cc..73dcb09abd5d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -433,14 +433,6 @@ struct kvm_mmu {
 	u8 shadow_root_level;
 	u8 ept_ad;
 	bool direct_map;
-	struct kvm_mmu_root_info prev_roots[KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS];
-
-	/*
-	 * Bitmap; bit set = permission fault
-	 * Byte index: page fault error code [4:1]
-	 * Bit index: pte permissions in ACC_* format
-	 */
-	u8 permissions[16];
 
 	/*
 	* The pkru_mask indicates if protection key checks are needed.  It
@@ -450,6 +442,15 @@ struct kvm_mmu {
 	*/
 	u32 pkru_mask;
 
+	struct kvm_mmu_root_info prev_roots[KVM_MMU_NUM_PREV_ROOTS];
+
+	/*
+	 * Bitmap; bit set = permission fault
+	 * Byte index: page fault error code [4:1]
+	 * Bit index: pte permissions in ACC_* format
+	 */
+	u8 permissions[16];
+
 	u64 *pae_root;
 	u64 *pml4_root;
 	u64 *pml5_root;
-- 
2.27.0

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