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ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache
authorHarry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 06:18:39 +0000 (15:18 +0900)
committerVlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Wed, 4 Feb 2026 09:05:35 +0000 (10:05 +0100)
commit43d9bb4236fd1dd2e4646bee7f556542eefa422a
tree804b540eb7c89ca07a97d9cf8ccbbc106455bed7
parenta13b68d79d5caa5ec0d34b4c0fb2dedf3259fc32
ext4: specify the free pointer offset for ext4_inode_cache

Convert ext4_inode_cache to use the kmem_cache_args interface and
specify a free pointer offset.

Since ext4_inode_cache uses a constructor, the free pointer would be
placed after the object to prevent overwriting fields used by the
constructor.

However, some fields such as ->i_flags are not used by the constructor
and can safely be repurposed for the free pointer.

Specify the free pointer offset at i_flags to reduce the object size.

Signed-off-by: Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260113061845.159790-4-harry.yoo@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
fs/ext4/super.c