this cpu operations can be used to slightly optimize the function. The
changes will avoid some address calculations and replace them with the
use of the percpu segment register.

If one would have this_cpu_inc_return and this_cpu_dec_return then it
would be possible to optimize inc_zone_page_state and dec_zone_page_state even
more.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>

---
 mm/vmstat.c |   56 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 32 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/mm/vmstat.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/vmstat.c	2010-11-09 11:18:22.000000000 -0600
+++ linux-2.6/mm/vmstat.c	2010-11-09 11:19:06.000000000 -0600
@@ -167,18 +167,20 @@ static void refresh_zone_stat_thresholds
 void __mod_zone_page_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item,
 				int delta)
 {
-	struct per_cpu_pageset *pcp = this_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset);
-
-	s8 *p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
+	struct per_cpu_pageset * __percpu pcp = zone->pageset;
+	s8 * __percpu p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
 	long x;
+	long t;
+
+	x = delta + __this_cpu_read(*p);
 
-	x = delta + *p;
+	t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold);
 
-	if (unlikely(x > pcp->stat_threshold || x < -pcp->stat_threshold)) {
+	if (unlikely(x > t || x < -t)) {
 		zone_page_state_add(x, zone, item);
 		x = 0;
 	}
-	*p = x;
+	__this_cpu_write(*p, x);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mod_zone_page_state);
 
@@ -221,16 +223,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mod_zone_page_state);
  */
 void __inc_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
 {
-	struct per_cpu_pageset *pcp = this_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset);
-	s8 *p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
-
-	(*p)++;
+	struct per_cpu_pageset * __percpu pcp = zone->pageset;
+	s8 * __percpu p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
+	int v, t;
+
+	__this_cpu_inc(*p);
+
+	v = __this_cpu_read(*p);
+	t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold);
+	if (unlikely(v > t)) {
+		int overstep = t / 2;
 
-	if (unlikely(*p > pcp->stat_threshold)) {
-		int overstep = pcp->stat_threshold / 2;
-
-		zone_page_state_add(*p + overstep, zone, item);
-		*p = -overstep;
+		zone_page_state_add(v + overstep, zone, item);
+		__this_cpu_write(*p, overstep);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -242,16 +247,19 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__inc_zone_page_state);
 
 void __dec_zone_state(struct zone *zone, enum zone_stat_item item)
 {
-	struct per_cpu_pageset *pcp = this_cpu_ptr(zone->pageset);
-	s8 *p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
-
-	(*p)--;
-
-	if (unlikely(*p < - pcp->stat_threshold)) {
-		int overstep = pcp->stat_threshold / 2;
+	struct per_cpu_pageset * __percpu pcp = zone->pageset;
+	s8 * __percpu p = pcp->vm_stat_diff + item;
+	int v, t;
+
+	__this_cpu_dec(*p);
+
+	v = __this_cpu_read(*p);
+	t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold);
+	if (unlikely(v < - t)) {
+		int overstep = t / 2;
 
-		zone_page_state_add(*p - overstep, zone, item);
-		*p = overstep;
+		zone_page_state_add(v - overstep, zone, item);
+		__this_cpu_write(*p, overstep);
 	}
 }
 

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