fs: shave 8 bytes off of struct inode

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Here is a link to Linus' reply to Jan's concern about making
i_blkbibts byte addressable:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=152882624707975&w=2

Here is a link to an lkp.org report about potential performance
improvement in some workload, which could(?) be related to packing
i_blkbits closer to i_bytes/i_lock:
https://marc.info/?l=linux-fsdevel&m=153077048108198&w=2

Changes since v1:
- Add links to relevant discussions

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

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Amir Goldstein 2018-07-05 09:25:43 +03:00 • committed by Al Viro

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