netdev - Re: [RFC PATCH 02/17] fib_trie: Make leaf and tnode more uniform

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Date:	Mon, 22 Dec 2014 13:33:53 -0500 (EST)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com
Cc:	netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 02/17] fib_trie: Make leaf and tnode more uniform

From: Alexander Duyck <alexander.h.duyck@...hat.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:41:05 -0800

> -#define IS_TNODE(n) (!(n->parent & T_LEAF))
> -#define IS_LEAF(n) (n->parent & T_LEAF)
> +struct tnode {
> +	t_key key;
> +	unsigned char bits;		/* 2log(KEYLENGTH) bits needed */
> +	unsigned char pos;		/* 2log(KEYLENGTH) bits needed */
> +	struct tnode __rcu *parent;
> +	union {
> +		struct rcu_head rcu;
> +		struct tnode *tnode_free;
> +	};
> +	unsigned int full_children;	/* KEYLENGTH bits needed */
> +	unsigned int empty_children;	/* KEYLENGTH bits needed */
> +	struct rt_trie_node __rcu *child[0];
> +};

I wonder if we can compress this even further.

The full_children and empty_children can probably both be a u16, right?
If so, you can stick at least one of them after 'bits' and 'pos' and
thus save 4 bytes on 32b.
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