linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/irq: Do not check available vectors if no irq to migrate or required slots has been found

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Date:   Sun, 16 Apr 2017 23:43:30 +0800
From:   Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
To:     Yu Chen <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>,
        "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>,
        Len Brown <lenb@...nel.orq>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/irq: Do not check available vectors if no irq to migrate or required slots has been found

A micro optimization to bypass the free vector checking if the current
CPU has no irq to migrate, also breaks the for_each_online_cpu() loop
when the count reaches the required vectors.

Suggested-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Prarit Bhargava <prarit@...hat.com>
Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@...ysocki.net>
Cc: Len Brown <lenb@...nel.orq>
Cc: x86@...nel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chen Yu <yu.c.chen@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/irq.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
index 4d8183b..f34fe74 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/irq.c
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ int check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable(void)
 		    !cpumask_subset(&affinity_new, &online_new))
 			this_count++;
 	}
+	/* No need to check any further. */
+	if (!this_count)
+		return 0;
 
 	count = 0;
 	for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
@@ -411,8 +414,10 @@ int check_irq_vectors_for_cpu_disable(void)
 		for (vector = FIRST_EXTERNAL_VECTOR;
 		     vector < first_system_vector; vector++) {
 			if (!test_bit(vector, used_vectors) &&
-			    IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[vector]))
-			    count++;
+			    IS_ERR_OR_NULL(per_cpu(vector_irq, cpu)[vector])) {
+				if (++count == this_count)
+					return 0;
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
2.7.4