linux-kernel - [PATCH 03/10] jump label: introduce very

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Date:	Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:03:01 -0500
From:	Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
To:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	rostedt@...dmis.org, mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, hpa@...or.com,
	davem@...emloft.net, ddaney.cavm@...il.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 03/10] jump label: introduce very_unlikely()

The 'static_branch()' construct can be thought of as stronger
form of 'unlikely()'. Thus, let's rename 'static_branch()' ->
'very_unlikely()'. Leave around 'static_branch()' for a while
until all users are converted, but mark it as deprecated.

It would be nice to locate 'very_unlikely()' in include/linux/compiler.h,
where 'unlikely()' is defined, but I'm afraid there are too
many additional headers that I'd have to pull into compiler.h.

Signed-off-by: Jason Baron <jbaron@...hat.com>
---
 include/linux/jump_label.h |   14 ++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
index f7c6958..563c781 100644
--- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ struct module;
 #define JUMP_LABEL_INIT {ATOMIC_INIT(0), NULL}
 #endif
 
+static __always_inline bool very_unlikely(struct jump_label_key *key)
+{
+	return arch_static_branch(key);
+}
+
+/* Deprecated. Please use 'very_unlikely() instead. */
 static __always_inline bool static_branch(struct jump_label_key *key)
 {
 	return arch_static_branch(key);
@@ -114,6 +120,14 @@ struct jump_label_key_deferred {
 	struct jump_label_key  key;
 };
 
+static __always_inline bool very_unlikely(struct jump_label_key *key)
+{
+	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&key->enabled)))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
+/* Deprecated. Please use 'very_unlikely() instead. */
 static __always_inline bool static_branch(struct jump_label_key *key)
 {
 	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&key->enabled)))
-- 
1.7.7.5

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