From: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
To: rusty@rustcorp.com.au
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] module: reorder struct module to save space on 64 bit builds
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 15:44:11 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1213973051.3047.12.camel@castor.localdomain> (raw)
reorder struct module to save space on 64 bit builds.
saves 1 cacheline_size (128 on default x86_64 & 64 on AMD
Opteron/athlon) when CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y.
Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk>
---
Patch against 2.6.26-rc6. tested & running successfully on AMD64 desktop
machine. This patch reduces the data segment of each module by 1
cacheline size.
I also compiled with this patch for 32 bit & there was no change in
size.
Richard
diff --git a/include/linux/module.h b/include/linux/module.h
index 3e03b1a..63f0eb6 100644
--- a/include/linux/module.h
+++ b/include/linux/module.h
@@ -249,27 +249,28 @@ struct module
/* Exported symbols */
const struct kernel_symbol *syms;
- unsigned int num_syms;
const unsigned long *crcs;
+ unsigned int num_syms;
/* GPL-only exported symbols. */
- const struct kernel_symbol *gpl_syms;
unsigned int num_gpl_syms;
+ const struct kernel_symbol *gpl_syms;
const unsigned long *gpl_crcs;
/* unused exported symbols. */
const struct kernel_symbol *unused_syms;
- unsigned int num_unused_syms;
const unsigned long *unused_crcs;
+ unsigned int num_unused_syms;
+
/* GPL-only, unused exported symbols. */
- const struct kernel_symbol *unused_gpl_syms;
unsigned int num_unused_gpl_syms;
+ const struct kernel_symbol *unused_gpl_syms;
const unsigned long *unused_gpl_crcs;
/* symbols that will be GPL-only in the near future. */
const struct kernel_symbol *gpl_future_syms;
- unsigned int num_gpl_future_syms;
const unsigned long *gpl_future_crcs;
+ unsigned int num_gpl_future_syms;
/* Exception table */
unsigned int num_exentries;
@@ -300,23 +301,9 @@ struct module
#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_BUG
/* Support for BUG */
+ unsigned num_bugs;
struct list_head bug_list;
struct bug_entry *bug_table;
- unsigned num_bugs;
-#endif
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
- /* Reference counts */
- struct module_ref ref[NR_CPUS];
-
- /* What modules depend on me? */
- struct list_head modules_which_use_me;
-
- /* Who is waiting for us to be unloaded */
- struct task_struct *waiter;
-
- /* Destruction function. */
- void (*exit)(void);
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_KALLSYMS
@@ -342,6 +329,21 @@ struct module
struct marker *markers;
unsigned int num_markers;
#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD
+ /* What modules depend on me? */
+ struct list_head modules_which_use_me;
+
+ /* Who is waiting for us to be unloaded */
+ struct task_struct *waiter;
+
+ /* Destruction function. */
+ void (*exit)(void);
+
+ /* Reference counts */
+ struct module_ref ref[NR_CPUS];
+#endif
+
};
#ifndef MODULE_ARCH_INIT
#define MODULE_ARCH_INIT {}
next reply other threads:[~2008-06-20 14:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-06-20 14:44 Richard Kennedy [this message]
2008-06-21 17:26 ` Denys Vlasenko
2008-06-23 3:14 ` Rusty Russell
2008-06-23 3:04 ` Rusty Russell
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