Re: Fwd: struct inode size reduction.

[Andries Brouwer <aebr@win.tue.nl>]

On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 12:54:03PM -0100, Dave Jones wrote:
> Third retry, perhaps it'll make it through to the list
> now that vger is sending mail again...

> I've been running with this patch, with no untoward consequences,
> seems to pass basic testing here, any objections before I push
> this Linuswards ? Al ? Christoph ?
> 
> --- bk-linus/include/linux/fs.h	2003-03-08 08:57:57.000000000 -0100
> +++ inode/include/linux/fs.h	2003-03-08 08:57:20.000000000 -0100
> @@ -382,12 +382,12 @@ struct inode {
>  	struct address_space	*i_mapping;
>  	struct address_space	i_data;
>  	struct dquot		*i_dquot[MAXQUOTAS];
> -	/* These three should probably be a union */
>  	struct list_head	i_devices;
> -	struct pipe_inode_info	*i_pipe;
> -	struct block_device	*i_bdev;
> -	struct char_device	*i_cdev;
> -
> +	union {
> +		struct pipe_inode_info	*i_pipe;
> +		struct block_device	*i_bdev;
> +		struct char_device	*i_cdev;
> +	} type;

Not really any objection, but this is half work where
more can be done. The comment is right: also i_devices
can go into the union.
(And i_cdev can be deleted altogether, but that is an
independent matter.)

Andries