Re: [PATCH 1/4] pipe: reduce padding in struct pipe_inode_info

[Christian Brauner]

On Thu, 21 Sep 2023 09:57:52 +0200, Max Kellermann wrote:
> This has no effect on 64 bit because there are 10 32-bit integers
> surrounding the two bools, but on 32 bit architectures, this reduces
> the struct size by 4 bytes by merging the two bools into one word.
> 
> 

I've massaged the last commit a bit and moved that bit into a helper
instead of indentorama in pipe_write(). keyutils watchqueue tests and
LTP pipe and watch queue tests pass without regressions.

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Applied to the vfs.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

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tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs.misc

[1/4] pipe: reduce padding in struct pipe_inode_info
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/5ba6d9b6d526
[2/4] fs/pipe: move check to pipe_has_watch_queue()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/7084dde72592
[3/4] fs/pipe: remove unnecessary spinlock from pipe_write()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/b9e8c77cad52
[4/4] fs/pipe: use spinlock in pipe_read() only if there is a watch_queue
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/4c280825d39c