The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip: Commit-ID: 804bccba71a57e7e5deb507a4c8ebbab730909c0 Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/804bccba71a57e7e5deb507a4c8ebbab730909c0 Author: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> AuthorDate: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:54:50 -07:00 Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> CommitterDate: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 13:09:58 +02:00 sched: Fill unconditional hole induced by sched_entity With struct sched_entity before the other sched entities, its alignment won't induce a struct hole. This saves 64 bytes in defconfig task_struct: Before: ... unsigned int rt_priority; /* 120 4 */ /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */ const struct sched_class * sched_class; /* 128 8 */ /* XXX 56 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 3 boundary (192 bytes) --- */ struct sched_entity se __attribute__((__aligned__(64))); /* 192 448 */ /* --- cacheline 10 boundary (640 bytes) --- */ struct sched_rt_entity rt; /* 640 48 */ struct sched_dl_entity dl __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); /* 688 224 */ /* --- cacheline 14 boundary (896 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */ After: ... unsigned int rt_priority; /* 120 4 */ /* XXX 4 bytes hole, try to pack */ /* --- cacheline 2 boundary (128 bytes) --- */ struct sched_entity se __attribute__((__aligned__(64))); /* 128 448 */ /* --- cacheline 9 boundary (576 bytes) --- */ struct sched_rt_entity rt; /* 576 48 */ struct sched_dl_entity dl __attribute__((__aligned__(8))); /* 624 224 */ /* --- cacheline 13 boundary (832 bytes) was 16 bytes ago --- */ Summary diff: - /* size: 7040, cachelines: 110, members: 188 */ + /* size: 6976, cachelines: 109, members: 188 */ Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210924025450.4138503-1-keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx --- include/linux/sched.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h index 193e16e..343603f 100644 --- a/include/linux/sched.h +++ b/include/linux/sched.h @@ -775,10 +775,10 @@ struct task_struct { int normal_prio; unsigned int rt_priority; - const struct sched_class *sched_class; struct sched_entity se; struct sched_rt_entity rt; struct sched_dl_entity dl; + const struct sched_class *sched_class; #ifdef CONFIG_SCHED_CORE struct rb_node core_node;