Group some variables based on their sizes to reduce hole and avoid padding. On x86_64, this shrinks the size from 144 to 128 bytes. As an example: $ size drivers/mfd/as3722.o (Before) text data bss dec hex filename 9441 680 16 10137 2799 drivers/mfd/as3722.o $ size drivers/mfd/as3722.o (After) text data bss dec hex filename 9345 680 16 10041 2739 drivers/mfd/as3722.o Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Using pahole Before: ====== struct mfd_cell { const char * name; /* 0 8 */ int id; /* 8 4 */ int level; /* 12 4 */ int (*enable)(struct platform_device *); /* 16 8 */ int (*disable)(struct platform_device *); /* 24 8 */ int (*suspend)(struct platform_device *); /* 32 8 */ int (*resume)(struct platform_device *); /* 40 8 */ void * platform_data; /* 48 8 */ size_t pdata_size; /* 56 8 */ /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */ const struct software_node * swnode; /* 64 8 */ const char * of_compatible; /* 72 8 */ const u64 of_reg; /* 80 8 */ bool use_of_reg; /* 88 1 */ /* XXX 7 bytes hole, try to pack */ const struct mfd_cell_acpi_match * acpi_match; /* 96 8 */ int num_resources; /* 104 4 */ /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */ const struct resource * resources; /* 112 8 */ bool ignore_resource_conflicts; /* 120 1 */ bool pm_runtime_no_callbacks; /* 121 1 */ /* XXX 6 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */ const char * const * parent_supplies; /* 128 8 */ int num_parent_supplies; /* 136 4 */ /* size: 144, cachelines: 3, members: 20 */ /* sum members: 123, holes: 3, sum holes: 17 */ /* padding: 4 */ /* last cacheline: 16 bytes */ }; After: ===== struct mfd_cell { const char * name; /* 0 8 */ int id; /* 8 4 */ int level; /* 12 4 */ int (*enable)(struct platform_device *); /* 16 8 */ int (*disable)(struct platform_device *); /* 24 8 */ int (*suspend)(struct platform_device *); /* 32 8 */ int (*resume)(struct platform_device *); /* 40 8 */ void * platform_data; /* 48 8 */ size_t pdata_size; /* 56 8 */ /* --- cacheline 1 boundary (64 bytes) --- */ const struct mfd_cell_acpi_match * acpi_match; /* 64 8 */ const struct software_node * swnode; /* 72 8 */ const char * of_compatible; /* 80 8 */ const u64 of_reg; /* 88 8 */ bool use_of_reg; /* 96 1 */ /* XXX 3 bytes hole, try to pack */ int num_resources; /* 100 4 */ const struct resource * resources; /* 104 8 */ bool ignore_resource_conflicts; /* 112 1 */ bool pm_runtime_no_callbacks; /* 113 1 */ /* XXX 2 bytes hole, try to pack */ int num_parent_supplies; /* 116 4 */ const char * const * parent_supplies; /* 120 8 */ /* size: 128, cachelines: 2, members: 20 */ /* sum members: 123, holes: 2, sum holes: 5 */ }; --- include/linux/mfd/core.h | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mfd/core.h b/include/linux/mfd/core.h index 14ca7b471576..fc4a0e9fb3bb 100644 --- a/include/linux/mfd/core.h +++ b/include/linux/mfd/core.h @@ -78,6 +78,9 @@ struct mfd_cell { void *platform_data; size_t pdata_size; + /* Matches ACPI */ + const struct mfd_cell_acpi_match *acpi_match; + /* Software node for the device. */ const struct software_node *swnode; @@ -97,9 +100,6 @@ struct mfd_cell { /* Set to 'true' to use 'of_reg' (above) - allows for of_reg=0 */ bool use_of_reg; - /* Matches ACPI */ - const struct mfd_cell_acpi_match *acpi_match; - /* * These resources can be specified relative to the parent device. * For accessing hardware you should use resources from the platform dev @@ -119,8 +119,8 @@ struct mfd_cell { /* A list of regulator supplies that should be mapped to the MFD * device rather than the child device when requested */ - const char * const *parent_supplies; int num_parent_supplies; + const char * const *parent_supplies; }; /* -- 2.34.1