Use immediate values with lower d-cache hit in optimized version as a condition for scheduler profiling call. Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers --- drivers/kvm/svm.c | 4 +--- drivers/kvm/vmx.c | 3 +-- include/linux/profile.h | 5 +++-- kernel/profile.c | 22 +++++++++++----------- 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) Index: linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/profile.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/kernel/profile.c 2007-09-14 10:00:17.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng/kernel/profile.c 2007-09-14 10:11:12.000000000 -0400 @@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ static int (*timer_hook)(struct pt_regs static atomic_t *prof_buffer; static unsigned long prof_len, prof_shift; -int prof_on __read_mostly; -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(prof_on); +DEFINE_IMMEDIATE(char, prof_on) __read_mostly; +EXPORT_IMMEDIATE_SYMBOL_GPL(prof_on); static cpumask_t prof_cpu_mask = CPU_MASK_ALL; #ifdef CONFIG_SMP @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int __init profile_setup(char * s int par; if (!strncmp(str, sleepstr, strlen(sleepstr))) { - prof_on = SLEEP_PROFILING; + immediate_set_early(prof_on, SLEEP_PROFILING); if (str[strlen(sleepstr)] == ',') str += strlen(sleepstr) + 1; if (get_option(&str, &par)) @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ static int __init profile_setup(char * s "kernel sleep profiling enabled (shift: %ld)\n", prof_shift); } else if (!strncmp(str, schedstr, strlen(schedstr))) { - prof_on = SCHED_PROFILING; + immediate_set_early(prof_on, SCHED_PROFILING); if (str[strlen(schedstr)] == ',') str += strlen(schedstr) + 1; if (get_option(&str, &par)) @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ static int __init profile_setup(char * s "kernel schedule profiling enabled (shift: %ld)\n", prof_shift); } else if (!strncmp(str, kvmstr, strlen(kvmstr))) { - prof_on = KVM_PROFILING; + immediate_set_early(prof_on, KVM_PROFILING); if (str[strlen(kvmstr)] == ',') str += strlen(kvmstr) + 1; if (get_option(&str, &par)) @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ static int __init profile_setup(char * s prof_shift); } else if (get_option(&str, &par)) { prof_shift = par; - prof_on = CPU_PROFILING; + immediate_set_early(prof_on, CPU_PROFILING); printk(KERN_INFO "kernel profiling enabled (shift: %ld)\n", prof_shift); } @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ __setup("profile=", profile_setup); void __init profile_init(void) { - if (!prof_on) + if (!_immediate_read(prof_on)) return; /* only text is profiled */ @@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ void profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, int i, j, cpu; struct profile_hit *hits; - if (prof_on != type || !prof_buffer) + if (!prof_buffer) return; pc = min((pc - (unsigned long)_stext) >> prof_shift, prof_len - 1); i = primary = (pc & (NR_PROFILE_GRP - 1)) << PROFILE_GRPSHIFT; @@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ void profile_hits(int type, void *__pc, { unsigned long pc; - if (prof_on != type || !prof_buffer) + if (!prof_buffer) return; pc = ((unsigned long)__pc - (unsigned long)_stext) >> prof_shift; atomic_add(nr_hits, &prof_buffer[min(pc, prof_len - 1)]); @@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ static int __init create_hash_tables(voi } return 0; out_cleanup: - prof_on = 0; + immediate_set_early(prof_on, 0); smp_mb(); on_each_cpu(profile_nop, NULL, 0, 1); for_each_online_cpu(cpu) { @@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static int __init create_proc_profile(vo { struct proc_dir_entry *entry; - if (!prof_on) + if (!_immediate_read(prof_on)) return 0; if (create_hash_tables()) return -1; Index: linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/profile.h =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/include/linux/profile.h 2007-09-14 10:00:17.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng/include/linux/profile.h 2007-09-14 10:00:30.000000000 -0400 @@ -7,10 +7,11 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include -extern int prof_on __read_mostly; +DECLARE_IMMEDIATE(char, prof_on) __read_mostly; #define CPU_PROFILING 1 #define SCHED_PROFILING 2 @@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ static inline void profile_hit(int type, /* * Speedup for the common (no profiling enabled) case: */ - if (unlikely(prof_on == type)) + if (unlikely(immediate_read(prof_on) == type)) profile_hits(type, ip, 1); } Index: linux-2.6-lttng/drivers/kvm/svm.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/drivers/kvm/svm.c 2007-09-14 10:00:17.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng/drivers/kvm/svm.c 2007-09-14 10:00:30.000000000 -0400 @@ -1570,9 +1570,7 @@ again: /* * Profile KVM exit RIPs: */ - if (unlikely(prof_on == KVM_PROFILING)) - profile_hit(KVM_PROFILING, - (void *)(unsigned long)svm->vmcb->save.rip); + profile_hit(KVM_PROFILING, (void *)(unsigned long)svm->vmcb->save.rip); stgi(); Index: linux-2.6-lttng/drivers/kvm/vmx.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6-lttng.orig/drivers/kvm/vmx.c 2007-09-14 10:00:17.000000000 -0400 +++ linux-2.6-lttng/drivers/kvm/vmx.c 2007-09-14 10:00:30.000000000 -0400 @@ -2234,8 +2234,7 @@ again: /* * Profile KVM exit RIPs: */ - if (unlikely(prof_on == KVM_PROFILING)) - profile_hit(KVM_PROFILING, (void *)vmcs_readl(GUEST_RIP)); + profile_hit(KVM_PROFILING, (void *)vmcs_readl(GUEST_RIP)); r = kvm_handle_exit(kvm_run, vcpu); if (r > 0) { -- Mathieu Desnoyers Computer Engineering Ph.D. Student, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal OpenPGP key fingerprint: 8CD5 52C3 8E3C 4140 715F BA06 3F25 A8FE 3BAE 9A68 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/