Re: [PATCH v1] sched: adjust the layout of the cfs_bandwith structure to save memory
From: Benjamin Segall
Date: Wed Jan 21 2026 - 16:23:44 EST
zenghongling <zenghongling@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Using pahole, we can see that there are some padding holes
> in the current cfs_bandwith structure. Adjusting the
> layout of cfs_bandwith can reduce these holes,
> resulting in the size of the structure decreasing
> from 240 bytes to 232 bytes.
> It is possible to make period_timer access one more cache
> line.it is already touching so many cachelines and isn't
> that kind of hot path.
Something more like: "This make make period_timer access one more cache
line, but it is already [...]"
And commits generally have a blank line between paragraphs.
With that,
Reviewed-by: Ben Segall <bsegall@xxxxxxxxxx>