Re: [PATCH] module: remove 64 bit alignment padding from struct module with CONFIG_TRACE*

From: Rusty Russell
Date: Mon Feb 21 2011 - 21:13:36 EST


On Mon, 21 Feb 2011 13:57:41 +0000, Richard Kennedy <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Reorder struct module to remove 24 bytes of alignment padding on 64 bit
> builds when the CONFIG_TRACE options are selected. This allows the
> structure to fit into one fewer cache lines, and its size drops from 592
> to 568 on x86_64.

Thanks, applied.

Cheers,
Rusty.
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