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struct vfio_pci_core_device contains eleven boolean flags. Boolean flags clearly indicate their usage but space usage starts to be a concern when there are many. An upcoming change adds another boolean flag to struct vfio_pci_core_device, thereby increasing the concern that the boolean flags are consuming unnecessary space. Transition the boolean flags to use bitfields. On a system that uses one byte per boolean this reduces the space consumed by existing flags from 11 bytes to 2 bytes with room for a few more flags without increasing the structure's size. Suggested-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Signed-off-by: Reinette Chatre <reinette.chatre@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Kevin Tian <kevin.tian@intel.com> Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@nvidia.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/cf34bf0499c889554a8105eeb18cc0ab673005be.1683740667.git.reinette.chatre@intel.com Signed-off-by: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.