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lockdep: optimise "struct lock_class" layout

Message ID e527403e-9be1-4aa2-98c0-a3ab1f02787f@p183
State New
Headers
Series lockdep: optimise "struct lock_class" layout |

Commit Message

Alexey Dobriyan Nov. 16, 2023, 11:25 a.m. UTC 
  struct lock_class does

	const struct lock_trace *	usage_traces[];
	int				name_version;
	const char *			name;

which wastes 4 bytes after "name_version".

Put pointer after pointers shrinking sizeof from 208 bytes to 200 bytes.
Space savings are considerable for such a trivial patch:

	$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter ../vmlinux-000 ../obj/vmlinux
	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/11 up/down: 2/-65640 (-65638)
	Function                       old     new   delta
	check_irq_usage               2852    2854      +2
	reacquire_held_locks           486     484      -2
	lock_chain_get_class            41      39      -2
	l_start                         34      32      -2
	check_noncircular              276     274      -2
	print_usage_bug.part           688     683      -5
	print_circular_bug            1017    1011      -6
	hlock_conflict                 141     135      -6
	print_deadlock_bug             944     935      -9
	mark_lock                     3791    3769     -22
	__lock_acquire                9801    9753     -48
	lock_classes               1703936 1638400  -65536
	Total: Before=21163908, After=21098270, chg -0.31%

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
---

 include/linux/lockdep_types.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Waiman Long Nov. 16, 2023, 12:42 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 11/16/23 06:25, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> struct lock_class does
>
> 	const struct lock_trace *	usage_traces[];
> 	int				name_version;
> 	const char *			name;
>
> which wastes 4 bytes after "name_version".
>
> Put pointer after pointers shrinking sizeof from 208 bytes to 200 bytes.
> Space savings are considerable for such a trivial patch:
>
> 	$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter ../vmlinux-000 ../obj/vmlinux
> 	add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/11 up/down: 2/-65640 (-65638)
> 	Function                       old     new   delta
> 	check_irq_usage               2852    2854      +2
> 	reacquire_held_locks           486     484      -2
> 	lock_chain_get_class            41      39      -2
> 	l_start                         34      32      -2
> 	check_noncircular              276     274      -2
> 	print_usage_bug.part           688     683      -5
> 	print_circular_bug            1017    1011      -6
> 	hlock_conflict                 141     135      -6
> 	print_deadlock_bug             944     935      -9
> 	mark_lock                     3791    3769     -22
> 	__lock_acquire                9801    9753     -48
> 	lock_classes               1703936 1638400  -65536
> 	Total: Before=21163908, After=21098270, chg -0.31%
>
> Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
> ---
>
>   include/linux/lockdep_types.h |    2 +-
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
> +++ b/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
> @@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ struct lock_class {
>   	unsigned long			usage_mask;
>   	const struct lock_trace		*usage_traces[LOCK_TRACE_STATES];
>   
> +	const char			*name;
>   	/*
>   	 * Generation counter, when doing certain classes of graph walking,
>   	 * to ensure that we check one node only once:
>   	 */
>   	int				name_version;
> -	const char			*name;
>   
>   	u8				wait_type_inner;
>   	u8				wait_type_outer;
>
LGTM.

Acked-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
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--- a/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@  struct lock_class {
 	unsigned long			usage_mask;
 	const struct lock_trace		*usage_traces[LOCK_TRACE_STATES];
 
+	const char			*name;
 	/*
 	 * Generation counter, when doing certain classes of graph walking,
 	 * to ensure that we check one node only once:
 	 */
 	int				name_version;
-	const char			*name;
 
 	u8				wait_type_inner;
 	u8				wait_type_outer;