On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 11:35:35AM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 03:56:33PM -0700, Keith Busch wrote:
> > struct kiocb {
> > struct file *ki_filp;
> > -
> > - /* The 'ki_filp' pointer is shared in a union for aio */
> > - randomized_struct_fields_start
> > -
> > loff_t ki_pos;
> > void (*ki_complete)(struct kiocb *iocb, long ret);
> > void *private;
> > int ki_flags;
> > u16 ki_ioprio; /* See linux/ioprio.h */
> > struct wait_page_queue *ki_waitq; /* for async buffered IO */
> > - randomized_struct_fields_end
> > };
>
> Now that I've read the thread ...
>
> If we care about struct size on 32-bit, we should fit something into
> the 32-bit hole before the 64-bit loff_t (assuming at least some 32-bit
> arches want loff_t to be 64-bit aligned; I thik x86 doesn't?)
> Easiest seems to be to put ki_complete before ki_pos?
Yes, that would be a better compact arrangment. The immediate need was just to
correct io_uring's max command struct size. The 32-bit verison isn't near the
limit, so no additional optimizations were done in this patch.
