[PATCH] lockdep: optimise "struct lock_class" layout

From: Alexey Dobriyan
Date: Thu Nov 16 2023 - 06:25:56 EST


struct lock_class does

const struct lock_trace * usage_traces[];
int name_version;
const char * name;

which wastes 4 bytes after "name_version".

Put pointer after pointers shrinking sizeof from 208 bytes to 200 bytes.
Space savings are considerable for such a trivial patch:

$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter ../vmlinux-000 ../obj/vmlinux
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 1/11 up/down: 2/-65640 (-65638)
Function old new delta
check_irq_usage 2852 2854 +2
reacquire_held_locks 486 484 -2
lock_chain_get_class 41 39 -2
l_start 34 32 -2
check_noncircular 276 274 -2
print_usage_bug.part 688 683 -5
print_circular_bug 1017 1011 -6
hlock_conflict 141 135 -6
print_deadlock_bug 944 935 -9
mark_lock 3791 3769 -22
__lock_acquire 9801 9753 -48
lock_classes 1703936 1638400 -65536
Total: Before=21163908, After=21098270, chg -0.31%

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@xxxxxxxxx>
---

include/linux/lockdep_types.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/lockdep_types.h
@@ -127,12 +127,12 @@ struct lock_class {
unsigned long usage_mask;
const struct lock_trace *usage_traces[LOCK_TRACE_STATES];

+ const char *name;
/*
* Generation counter, when doing certain classes of graph walking,
* to ensure that we check one node only once:
*/
int name_version;
- const char *name;

u8 wait_type_inner;
u8 wait_type_outer;