[PATCH v5 00/11] fs/ceph: optimize struct layouts

From: Max Kellermann

Date: Mon Aug 24 2026 - 14:42:30 EST


This patch set aims to reduce the memory usage of the Ceph filesystems
by optimizing the layout of structs, most importantly struct
ceph_inode_info:

- use `bool` instead of `int` for booelans
- use `u32` instead of `u64` where possible
- reorder fields to eliminate padding holes
- eliminate redundant fields

Without this patch set, ceph_inode_info looks like this with pahole:

/* size: 1456, cachelines: 23, members: 79 */
/* sum members: 1424, holes: 8, sum holes: 32 */
/* member types with holes: 3, total: 3 */

With this patch set, struct ceph_inode_info got smaller by 96 bytes:

/* size: 1360, cachelines: 22, members: 76 */
/* member types with holes: 1, total: 1 */

struct ceph_cap shrinks by 24 bytes:

/* size: 120, cachelines: 2, members: 12 */

/* size: 96, cachelines: 2, members: 10 */

struct ceph_snap_realm shrinks by 24 bytes, too:

/* size: 232, cachelines: 4, members: 21 */
/* sum members: 216, holes: 3, sum holes: 12 */

/* size: 208, cachelines: 4, members: 20 */

---
v1->v2:
- fix CONFIG_FS_ENCRYPTION check in "i_truncate_pagecache_size" patch
- add patches to shrink ceph_cap and ceph_snap_realm
v2->v3:
- rebase on latest master
v3->v4:
- drop the buggy ceph_in_snap() change from ceph_d_prune()
- fix -Wunused-variable on BITS_PER_LONG<64
v4->v5:
- drop "Fixes" tag from "i_cap_migration_resv" patch
- fix multi-line comment style
- drop the "pool_id" 32 bit patch (may break RBD)

Max Kellermann (11):
fs/ceph/super: remove unused field `i_cap_migration_resv`
fs/ceph/super: make field `i_truncate_pagecache_size` optional
fs/ceph/super.h: convert ceph_inode_xattr fields to `bool`
fs/ceph/super.h: convert ceph_cap_snap.writing fields to `bool`
fs/ceph: consistently use `u32` for `time_warp_seq`
fs/ceph/super: reorder fields to eliminate padding holes
fs/ceph: remove i_truncate_mutex, use i_fragtree_mutex for both
fs/ceph/super.h: add `const` to helpers
fs/ceph/super.h: add helper ceph_in_snap()
fs/ceph: use ceph_vino() etc. instead of accessing i_vino directly
fs/ceph: remove redundant inode number from ceph_inode_info

fs/ceph/acl.c | 2 +-
fs/ceph/addr.c | 7 ++-
fs/ceph/cache.c | 4 +-
fs/ceph/caps.c | 6 +--
fs/ceph/dir.c | 20 ++++-----
fs/ceph/export.c | 8 ++--
fs/ceph/file.c | 28 ++++++------
fs/ceph/inode.c | 38 ++++++++++------
fs/ceph/mds_client.c | 12 ++---
fs/ceph/quota.c | 6 +--
fs/ceph/snap.c | 8 ++--
fs/ceph/super.h | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
fs/ceph/xattr.c | 8 ++--
13 files changed, 156 insertions(+), 94 deletions(-)

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