linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: convert to DIV_ROUND_UP() in mpage_process_page

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Message-ID: <85434b6a-e7bd-d0c0-654f-233e56112cd0@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:37:11 +0800
From:   Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>, tytso@....edu,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: convert to DIV_ROUND_UP() in
 mpage_process_page_bufs()



On 2023/3/10 14:35, Gao Xiang wrote:
> 
> 
> On 2023/3/10 14:27, Yangtao Li wrote:
>>> Please don't do this.  This makes the code compile down to a division, which is
>>> far less efficient.  I've verified this by checking the assembly generated.
>>
>> How much is the performance impact? So should the following be modified as shift operations as well?
>>
>> fs/erofs/namei.c:92:    int head = 0, back = DIV_ROUND_UP(dir->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ) - 1;
>> fs/erofs/zmap.c:252:    const unsigned int totalidx = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ);
>> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:14:#define LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES       (DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_DISTANCE_MAX, PAGE_SIZE) + 1)
>> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:56:                                     DIV_ROUND_UP(distance, PAGE_SIZE) + 1 :
>> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:70:     unsigned long bounced[DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES,
>> fs/erofs/data.c:84:     nblocks = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ);
> 
> Please stop taking EROFS as example on ext4 patches
> and they will all be changed due to subpage support.

Here EROFS_BLKSIZ == PAGE_SIZE is a constant, so no difference
to use shift or division.

> 
>>
>> Thx,
>> Yangtao