linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/5] nvmet: Reorder fields in 'struct nvme

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Date:   Mon, 15 May 2023 08:21:28 -0600
From:   Keith Busch <kbusch@...nel.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
Cc:     hch@....de, sagi@...mberg.me, kch@...dia.com,
        linux-nvme@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/5] nvmet: Reorder fields in 'struct nvme_ctrl'

On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 02:40:26PM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> Group some variables based on their sizes to reduce holes.
> On x86_64, this shrinks the size of 'struct nvmet_sq' from 5368 to 5344
> bytes when all CONFIG_* are defined.

This patch is changing struct nvme_ctrl but the commit log only mentions
struct nvmet_sq, which was handled in patch 1/5. I'll just fix that up
when applying.
 
> This structure is embedded into some other structures, so it helps reducing
> their size as well.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
> ---
> Using pahole
> 
> Before:
> ======
> struct nvme_ctrl {
> 	bool                       comp_seen;            /*     0     1 */