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SubjectRe: [PATCH] kvm: x86: Adjust the location of pkru_mask of kvm_mmu to reduce memory
On Mon, Feb 28, 2022, Peng Hao wrote:
> From: Peng Hao <flyingpeng@tencent.com>
>
> Adjust the field pkru_mask to the back of direct_map to make up 8-byte
> alignment.This reduces the size of kvm_mmu by 8 bytes.

I'd prefer we just burn the extra 8 bytes, at least for now. 'prku' and 'permissions'
are related fields, IMO splitting them to save 24 bytes per vCPU isn't a good tradeoff.

And in the not-too-distant future, all of the 1-byte fields will hopefully go
away, at which point were "wasting" 4 bytes no matter where 'pkru' is defined. 'ept_ad'
can be dropped immediately, I'll send a patch for that. We should be able to drop
'root_level', 'shadow_root_level', and 'direct_map' once Paolo's clean up of the role
stuff lands.

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