linux-kernel - [PATCH] jump_label: unlikely(x)

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Date:	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 22:50:50 +0200 (CEST)
From:	Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
To:	Andrew Jones <drjones@...hat.com>,
	Raghavendra K T <raghavendra.kt@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...ux.intel.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] jump_label: unlikely(x) > 0

untested, but wasn't this intended instead?
--------------
if (unlikely(x) > 0) doesn't seem to help branch prediction

Signed-off-by: Roel Kluin <roel.kluin@...il.com>
---
diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
index a507907..cf08540 100644
--- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
@@ -132,14 +132,14 @@ static __always_inline void jump_label_init(void)
 
 static __always_inline bool static_key_false(struct static_key *key)
 {
-	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&key->enabled)) > 0)
+	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&key->enabled) > 0))
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }
 
 static __always_inline bool static_key_true(struct static_key *key)
 {
-	if (likely(atomic_read(&key->enabled)) > 0)
+	if (likely(atomic_read(&key->enabled) > 0))
 		return true;
 	return false;
 }

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