> > What is this for and why does it have that alignmend? > > I was assuming that if batch is frequently referenced, it probably > should not share a cache line with the counters field. As long as they are both read-mostly it should be fine to share (cache line will just be SHARED) Padding would be only useful if one gets changed regularly. I don't think that's the case here? -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>