Re: [PATCH] RDMA/restrack: Reorder fields in 'struct rdma_restrack_entry'

From: Leon Romanovsky
Date: Wed Feb 15 2023 - 06:31:41 EST


On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 11:01:00AM -0400, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 03:34:21PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > Le 14/02/2023 à 14:08, Jason Gunthorpe a écrit :
> > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 01:53:52PM +0100, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> > > > diff --git a/include/rdma/restrack.h b/include/rdma/restrack.h
> > > > index 8b7c46daeb07..da53fefe6f9e 100644
> > > > --- a/include/rdma/restrack.h
> > > > +++ b/include/rdma/restrack.h
> > > > @@ -80,6 +80,10 @@ struct rdma_restrack_entry {
> > > > * query stage.
> > > > */
> > > > u8 no_track : 1;
> > > > + /**
> > > > + * @user: user resource
> > > > + */
> > > > + bool user;
> > >
> > > Can we combine this into the bitfield above?
> > >
> > > Jason
> > >
> > Hi,
> >
> > and even above, we have
> > bool valid;
> >
> > I wanted to keep the changes as minimal as possible, but I can change them
> > all in a single bitfield.
>
> IIRC it needs to be checked, I vaugely remember valid can't be a
> bitfield because it is an atomic

I don't remember anything like this.

Thanks