Re: [PATCH] firmware: cirrus: cs_dsp: Avoid padding bytes in cs_dsp_coeff_ctl

From: Charles Keepax
Date: Mon Apr 25 2022 - 06:03:14 EST


On Mon, Apr 25, 2022 at 10:51:59AM +0100, Richard Fitzgerald wrote:
> Change the order of members in struct cs_dsp_coeff_ctl to avoid
> the compiler having to insert alignment padding bytes. On a x86_64
> build this saves 16 bytes per control.
>
> - Pointers are collected to the top of the struct (with the exception of
> priv, as noted below), so that they are inherently aligned.
> - The set and enable bitflags are placed together so they can be merged.
> - priv is placed at the end of the struct - it is for use by the
> client so it is helpful to make it stand out, and since the compiler
> will always pad the struct size to an alignment multiple putting a
> pointer last won't introduce any more padding.
> - struct cs_dsp_alg_region is placed at the end, right before priv, for
> the same reasoning as priv.
>
> Signed-off-by: Richard Fitzgerald <rf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Charles Keepax <ckeepax@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks,
Charles