linux-kernel - [PATCH] irq: optimize init_kstat_irqs/init_copy_kstat

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Date:	Fri, 06 Feb 2009 23:49:41 -0800
From:	Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>
To:	mingo@...e.hu, tglx@...utronix.de, hpa@...or.com,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] irq: optimize init_kstat_irqs/init_copy_kstat_irqs


Impact: even later type of kstat_irqs is changed

simplify and make init_kstat_irqs etc more type prof according to Andrew

Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@...nel.org>

---
 kernel/irq/handle.c       |   20 +++++++++++---------
 kernel/irq/numa_migrate.c |   11 +++--------
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/kernel/irq/handle.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/irq/handle.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/irq/handle.c
@@ -82,19 +82,21 @@ static struct irq_desc irq_desc_init = {
 
 void init_kstat_irqs(struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu, int nr)
 {
-	unsigned long bytes;
-	char *ptr;
 	int node;
-
-	/* Compute how many bytes we need per irq and allocate them */
-	bytes = nr * sizeof(unsigned int);
+	void *ptr;
 
 	node = cpu_to_node(cpu);
-	ptr = kzalloc_node(bytes, GFP_ATOMIC, node);
-	printk(KERN_DEBUG "  alloc kstat_irqs on cpu %d node %d\n", cpu, node);
+	ptr = kzalloc_node(nr * sizeof(*desc->kstat_irqs), GFP_ATOMIC, node);
 
-	if (ptr)
-		desc->kstat_irqs = (unsigned int *)ptr;
+	/*
+	 * don't overwite if can not get new one
+	 * init_copy_kstat_irqs() could still use old one
+	 */
+	if (ptr) {
+		printk(KERN_DEBUG "  alloc kstat_irqs on cpu %d node %d\n",
+			 cpu, node);
+		desc->kstat_irqs = ptr;
+	}
 }
 
 static void init_one_irq_desc(int irq, struct irq_desc *desc, int cpu)
Index: linux-2.6/kernel/irq/numa_migrate.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/kernel/irq/numa_migrate.c
+++ linux-2.6/kernel/irq/numa_migrate.c
@@ -17,16 +17,11 @@ static void init_copy_kstat_irqs(struct
 				 struct irq_desc *desc,
 				 int cpu, int nr)
 {
-	unsigned long bytes;
-
 	init_kstat_irqs(desc, cpu, nr);
 
-	if (desc->kstat_irqs != old_desc->kstat_irqs) {
-		/* Compute how many bytes we need per irq and allocate them */
-		bytes = nr * sizeof(unsigned int);
-
-		memcpy(desc->kstat_irqs, old_desc->kstat_irqs, bytes);
-	}
+	if (desc->kstat_irqs != old_desc->kstat_irqs)
+		memcpy(desc->kstat_irqs, old_desc->kstat_irqs,
+			 nr * sizeof(*desc->kstat_irqs));
 }
 
 static void free_kstat_irqs(struct irq_desc *old_desc, struct irq_desc *desc)
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