[PATCH] zswap: move zswap_pool frequently-used fields together

[PATCH] zswap: move zswap_pool frequently-used fields together

[Dan Streetman]

Move the "tfm" field in struct zswap_pool to the top, after the "zpool"
field.

As suggested by Sergey Senozhatsky:

>> > ->tfm will be access pretty often, right? did you intentionally put it
>> > at the bottom offset of `struct zswap_pool'?
>>
>> no it wasn't intentional; does moving it up provide a benefit?
>
> well, I just prefer to keep 'read mostly' pointers together. all
> those cache lines, etc.
>
> gcc 5.1, x86_64
>
>  struct zswap_pool {
>         struct zpool *zpool;
> +       struct crypto_comp * __percpu *tfm;
>         struct kref kref;
>         struct list_head list;
>         struct rcu_head rcu_head;
>         struct notifier_block notifier;
>         char tfm_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
> -       struct crypto_comp * __percpu *tfm;
>  };
>
> ../scripts/bloat-o-meter zswap.o.old zswap.o
> add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 0/6 up/down: 0/-27 (-27)
> function                                     old     new   delta
> zswap_writeback_entry                        659     656      -3
> zswap_frontswap_store                       1445    1442      -3
> zswap_frontswap_load                         417     414      -3
> zswap_pool_create                            438     432      -6
> __zswap_cpu_comp_notifier.part               152     146      -6
> __zswap_cpu_comp_notifier                    122     116      -6

Suggested-by: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Streetman <ddstreet@ieee.org>
---
 mm/zswap.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/zswap.c b/mm/zswap.c
index b198081..4043df7 100644
--- a/mm/zswap.c
+++ b/mm/zswap.c
@@ -120,12 +120,12 @@ module_param_named(max_pool_percent, zswap_max_pool_percent, uint, 0644);
 
 struct zswap_pool {
 	struct zpool *zpool;
+	struct crypto_comp * __percpu *tfm;
 	struct kref kref;
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct rcu_head rcu_head;
 	struct notifier_block notifier;
 	char tfm_name[CRYPTO_MAX_ALG_NAME];
-	struct crypto_comp * __percpu *tfm;
 };
 
 /*
-- 
2.1.0