linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] KVM: Reorder fields in 'struct kvm_mmu_memory

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Message-ID: <b998acdd-ed64-9b3b-0897-dfe13e9d57d3@wanadoo.fr>
Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2023 20:22:32 +0100
From:   Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
To:     Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] KVM: Reorder fields in 'struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache'

Le 17/02/2023 à 17:41, Sean Christopherson a écrit :
> On Fri, Feb 17, 2023, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
>> Group some variables based on their sizes to reduce hole and avoid padding.
>> On x86_64, this shrinks the size from 40 to 32 bytes.
> 
> Heh, a hair too late[*].  Unless I'm mistaken, Mathias will be sending a new
> version in the not-too-distant future.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> [*] https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y+puefrgtqf430fs@google.com
> 

Ok, great :)

Thanks for the feed-back.

CJ