linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: Minor structure layout changes

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Date:   Fri, 17 Feb 2023 20:33:34 +0100
From:   Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
To:     kvm@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sean Christopherson <seanjc@...gle.com>,
        Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Mathias Krause <minipli@...ecurity.net>
Subject: [PATCH v2 0/2] KVM: Minor structure layout changes

v1: https://lore.kernel.org/kvm/20230213163351.30704-1-minipli@grsecurity.net/

This used to be a more exhaustive patch set shrinking kvm_vcpu's size.
But we concluded that this would be too fragile to maintain and would
require a more radical layout change to group often used members
together instead of chopping off individual padding bytes.

The remaining two patches are nonetheless useful, as they either make
the structure layout a more natural fit (as for kvm_pmu, putting the
version atop) or removing pointless padding (kvm_mmu_memory_cache).

Please apply!

Thanks,

Mathias Krause (2):
  KVM: x86: Shrink struct kvm_pmu
  KVM: Shrink struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache

 arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h | 2 +-
 include/linux/kvm_types.h       | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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