On 64bit arch, struct is 8-bytes aligned, so int will occupy a word if it doesn't sits well.
This patch pack red_left_pad with reserved to save 8 bytes for struct kmem_cache on a 64bit arch. Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiy...@gmail.com> --- include/linux/slub_def.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/include/linux/slub_def.h b/include/linux/slub_def.h index 07ef550c6627..ec13aab32647 100644 --- a/include/linux/slub_def.h +++ b/include/linux/slub_def.h @@ -79,9 +79,9 @@ struct kmem_cache { int inuse; /* Offset to metadata */ int align; /* Alignment */ int reserved; /* Reserved bytes at the end of slabs */ + int red_left_pad; /* Left redzone padding size */ const char *name; /* Name (only for display!) */ struct list_head list; /* List of slab caches */ - int red_left_pad; /* Left redzone padding size */ #ifdef CONFIG_SYSFS struct kobject kobj; /* For sysfs */ #endif -- 2.11.0