Now that we use the wait var event mechanism make i_state a u32 and free up 4 bytes. This means we currently have two 4 byte holes in struct inode which we can pack. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/fs.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index f257f8fad7d0..746ac60cef92 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -681,7 +681,8 @@ struct inode { #endif /* Misc */ - unsigned long i_state; + u32 i_state; + /* 32-bit hole */ struct rw_semaphore i_rwsem; unsigned long dirtied_when; /* jiffies of first dirtying */ -- 2.43.0