From: Steven Rostedt There is lots of places that perform: op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_control_list); while (op != &ftrace_list_end) { Add a helper macro to do this, and also optimize for a single entity. That is, gcc will optimize a loop for either no iterations or more than one iteration. But usually only a single callback is registered to the function tracer, thus the optimized case should be a single pass. to do this we now do: op = rcu_dereference_raw(list); do { [...] } while (likely(op = rcu_dereference_raw((op)->next)) && unlikely((op) != &ftrace_list_end)); An op is always registered (ftrace_list_end when no callbacks is registered), thus when a single callback is registered, the link list looks like: top => callback => ftrace_list_end => NULL. The likely(op = op->next) still must be performed due to the race of removing the callback, where the first op assignment could equal ftrace_list_end. In that case, the op->next would be NULL. But this is unlikely (only happens in a race condition when removing the callback). But it is very likely that the next op would be ftrace_list_end, unless more than one callback has been registered. This tells gcc what the most common case is and makes the fast path with the least amount of branches. Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------------- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c index 67e886e..cd6cd3c 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ftrace.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ftrace.c @@ -111,6 +111,26 @@ static void ftrace_ops_no_ops(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip); #define ftrace_ops_list_func ((ftrace_func_t)ftrace_ops_no_ops) #endif +/* + * Traverse the ftrace_global_list, invoking all entries. The reason that we + * can use rcu_dereference_raw() is that elements removed from this list + * are simply leaked, so there is no need to interact with a grace-period + * mechanism. The rcu_dereference_raw() calls are needed to handle + * concurrent insertions into the ftrace_global_list. + * + * Silly Alpha and silly pointer-speculation compiler optimizations! + */ +#define do_for_each_ftrace_op(op, list) \ + op = rcu_dereference_raw(list); \ + do + +/* + * Optimized for just a single item in the list (as that is the normal case). + */ +#define while_for_each_ftrace_op(op) \ + while (likely(op = rcu_dereference_raw((op)->next)) && \ + unlikely((op) != &ftrace_list_end)) + /** * ftrace_nr_registered_ops - return number of ops registered * @@ -132,15 +152,6 @@ int ftrace_nr_registered_ops(void) return cnt; } -/* - * Traverse the ftrace_global_list, invoking all entries. The reason that we - * can use rcu_dereference_raw() is that elements removed from this list - * are simply leaked, so there is no need to interact with a grace-period - * mechanism. The rcu_dereference_raw() calls are needed to handle - * concurrent insertions into the ftrace_global_list. - * - * Silly Alpha and silly pointer-speculation compiler optimizations! - */ static void ftrace_global_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, struct ftrace_ops *op, struct pt_regs *regs) @@ -149,11 +160,9 @@ ftrace_global_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, return; trace_recursion_set(TRACE_GLOBAL_BIT); - op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_global_list); /*see above*/ - while (op != &ftrace_list_end) { + do_for_each_ftrace_op(op, ftrace_global_list) { op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs); - op = rcu_dereference_raw(op->next); /*see above*/ - }; + } while_for_each_ftrace_op(op); trace_recursion_clear(TRACE_GLOBAL_BIT); } @@ -4104,14 +4113,11 @@ ftrace_ops_control_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, */ preempt_disable_notrace(); trace_recursion_set(TRACE_CONTROL_BIT); - op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_control_list); - while (op != &ftrace_list_end) { + do_for_each_ftrace_op(op, ftrace_control_list) { if (!ftrace_function_local_disabled(op) && ftrace_ops_test(op, ip)) op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs); - - op = rcu_dereference_raw(op->next); - }; + } while_for_each_ftrace_op(op); trace_recursion_clear(TRACE_CONTROL_BIT); preempt_enable_notrace(); } @@ -4139,12 +4145,10 @@ __ftrace_ops_list_func(unsigned long ip, unsigned long parent_ip, * they must be freed after a synchronize_sched(). */ preempt_disable_notrace(); - op = rcu_dereference_raw(ftrace_ops_list); - while (op != &ftrace_list_end) { + do_for_each_ftrace_op(op, ftrace_ops_list) { if (ftrace_ops_test(op, ip)) op->func(ip, parent_ip, op, regs); - op = rcu_dereference_raw(op->next); - }; + } while_for_each_ftrace_op(op); preempt_enable_notrace(); trace_recursion_clear(TRACE_INTERNAL_BIT); } -- 1.7.10.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/