linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/11] tracing: Use __this_cpu_inc/dec operation instead of __get_cpu

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Date:	Sat, 02 Feb 2013 09:18:45 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@...il.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>,
	Shan Wei <davidshan@...cent.com>
Subject: [PATCH 03/11] tracing: Use __this_cpu_inc/dec operation instead of __get_cpu_var

From: Shan Wei <davidshan@...cent.com>

__this_cpu_inc_return() or __this_cpu_dec generates a single instruction,
which is faster than __get_cpu_var operation.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/50A9C1BD.1060308@gmail.com

Reviewed-by: Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux.com>
Signed-off-by: Shan Wei <davidshan@...cent.com>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
---
 kernel/trace/trace.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace.c b/kernel/trace/trace.c
index ca9b7df..07888e1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace.c
@@ -1344,7 +1344,7 @@ static void __ftrace_trace_stack(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
 	 */
 	preempt_disable_notrace();
 
-	use_stack = ++__get_cpu_var(ftrace_stack_reserve);
+	use_stack = __this_cpu_inc_return(ftrace_stack_reserve);
 	/*
 	 * We don't need any atomic variables, just a barrier.
 	 * If an interrupt comes in, we don't care, because it would
@@ -1398,7 +1398,7 @@ static void __ftrace_trace_stack(struct ring_buffer *buffer,
  out:
 	/* Again, don't let gcc optimize things here */
 	barrier();
-	__get_cpu_var(ftrace_stack_reserve)--;
+	__this_cpu_dec(ftrace_stack_reserve);
 	preempt_enable_notrace();
 
 }
-- 
1.7.10.4



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