[patch 7/8] inode-diet: Use a union for i_blocks and i_size, i_rdev and i_devices

[Theodore Ts'o]

The i_blocks and i_size fields are only used for regular files.  So we
move them into the union, along with i_rdev and i_devices, which are
only used by block or character devices.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.17-mm5/include/linux/fs.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-mm5.orig/include/linux/fs.h	2006-07-02 20:29:49.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17-mm5/include/linux/fs.h	2006-07-02 20:29:52.000000000 -0400
@@ -501,15 +501,12 @@
 	unsigned int		i_nlink;
 	uid_t			i_uid;
 	gid_t			i_gid;
-	dev_t			i_rdev;
 	loff_t			i_size;
 	struct timespec		i_atime;
 	struct timespec		i_mtime;
 	struct timespec		i_ctime;
 	unsigned int		i_blkbits;
 	unsigned long		i_version;
-	blkcnt_t		i_blocks;
-	unsigned short          i_bytes;
 	spinlock_t		i_lock;	/* i_blocks, i_bytes, maybe i_size */
 	struct mutex		i_mutex;
 	struct rw_semaphore	i_alloc_sem;
@@ -522,11 +519,20 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA
 	struct dquot		*i_dquot[MAXQUOTAS];
 #endif
-	struct list_head	i_devices;
 	union {
 		struct pipe_inode_info	*i_pipe;
-		struct block_device	*i_bdev;
-		struct cdev		*i_cdev;
+		struct {
+			union {
+				struct block_device	*i_bdev;
+				struct cdev		*i_cdev;
+			};
+			dev_t			i_rdev;
+			struct list_head	i_devices;
+		};
+		struct {
+			unsigned short          i_bytes;
+			blkcnt_t		i_blocks;
+		};
 	};
 
 	__u32			i_generation;
Index: linux-2.6.17-mm5/fs/stat.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.17-mm5.orig/fs/stat.c	2006-07-02 20:29:16.000000000 -0400
+++ linux-2.6.17-mm5/fs/stat.c	2006-07-02 20:29:52.000000000 -0400
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 	stat->mtime = inode->i_mtime;
 	stat->ctime = inode->i_ctime;
 	stat->size = i_size_read(inode);
-	stat->blocks = inode->i_blocks;
+	stat->blocks = S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) ? inode->i_blocks : 0;
 	stat->blksize = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
 }
 

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