linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] workqueue: Reorder the fields in struct workqueue

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Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 08:52:50 -1000
From: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshanlai@...il.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] workqueue: Reorder the fields in struct
 workqueue_attrs

Hello,

On Fri, Mar 08, 2024 at 05:42:51PM +0800, Lai Jiangshan wrote:
> From: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@...group.com>
> 
> So that its size is reduced from 40 to 32 in 64bit kernel, and it can be
> saved more when allocated with kmalloc() in alloc_workqueue_attrs().

Does this matter tho? Also, the sizing would be dependent on the number of
supported CPUs, right?

So, before, the order was - nice, cpumasks, affinity scope related stuff,
and then ordered flag. After, the cpumasks and affinity scope stuff are
mixed. Unless the saving is actually meaningful, I'd rather keep the current
ordering.

Thanks.

-- 
tejun