Re: [PATCH 3/7] sanitize xlog_in_core_t definition

[Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 04:17:34PM +1100, Dave Chinner wrote:
> > -typedef union xlog_in_core2 {
> > -	xlog_rec_header_t	hic_header;
> > -	xlog_rec_ext_header_t	hic_xheader;
> > -	char			hic_sector[XLOG_HEADER_SIZE];
> > -} xlog_in_core_2_t;
> > -
> > -typedef struct xlog_in_core {
> > -	xlog_iclog_fields_t	hic_fields;
> > -	xlog_in_core_2_t	*hic_data;
> > +	xlog_in_core_2_t	*ic_data;
> > +#define ic_header	ic_data->hic_header
> >  } xlog_in_core_t;
> 
> The ic_data pointer should not be on the same cacheline as the
> reference count seeing as it is read-only field.

Makes sense, but I'll leave that for a separate patch to keep things
bisectable.