> > What is this for and why does it have that alignmend? > > I was assuming that if batch is frequently referenced, it probably > should not share a cache line with the counters field.
As long as they are both read-mostly it should be fine to share (cache line will just be SHARED) Padding would be only useful if one gets changed regularly. I don't think that's the case here? -Andi -- a...@linux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/