linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] HID: Reorder fields in 'struct hid

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Date:   Mon, 14 Aug 2023 11:21:45 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Jiri Kosina <jikos@...nel.org>
To:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>
cc:     Benjamin Tissoires <benjamin.tissoires@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-input@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] HID: Reorder fields in 'struct hid_input'

On Sun, 18 Jun 2023, Christophe JAILLET wrote:

> Group some variables based on their sizes to reduce hole and avoid padding.
> On x86_64, this shrinks the size of 'struct hid_input'
> from 72 to 64 bytes.
> 
> It saves a few bytes of memory and is more cache-line friendly.

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Jiri Kosina
SUSE Labs