linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/3 V3] time: allow gcc to fold constants when possible

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Date:	Mon, 18 May 2015 14:19:14 +0200
From:	Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
To:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
Cc:	Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@...panasonic.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	"H. Peter Alvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	John Stultz <john.stultz@...aro.org>,
	Andrew Hunter <ahh@...gle.com>, Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/3 V3] time: allow gcc to fold constants when possible

To allow constant folding in msecs_to_jiffies() conditionally calls
the HZ dependent _msecs_to_jiffies() helpers or, when gcc can not
figure out constant folding, __msecs_to_jiffies which is the renamed 
original msecs_to_jiffies() function. 

Patch was build tested for:
  arm - imx_v6_v7_defconfig, vexpress_defconfig
  cris - etrax-100lx_v2_defconfig
  m68k - multi_defconfig
  mips32 - ar7_defconfig,
  mips64 - loongson3_defconfig
  powerpc - 44x/virtex5_defconfig
  powerpc64 - powerpc64_defconfig
  sh - se7780_defconfig,
  sparc32 - sparc32_defconfig
  sparc64 - sparc64_defconfig
  x86 64 - x86_64_defconfig,
boot and run testing:
  x86 64 - x86_64_defconfig i3

Patch is against 4.1-rc3 (localversion-next is -next-20150518)

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <hofrat@...dl.org>
---

Thanks to Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> for suggesting this approach 
and for his review comments on the first attempts.

 include/linux/jiffies.h |   17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/jiffies.h b/include/linux/jiffies.h
index b41e026e..e96996a 100644
--- a/include/linux/jiffies.h
+++ b/include/linux/jiffies.h
@@ -343,12 +343,24 @@ static inline unsigned long _msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
  *   handling any 32-bit overflows.
  *   for the details see __msecs_to_jiffies()
  *
- * the HZ range specific helpers _msecs_to_jiffies() are called from
- * __msecs_to_jiffies().
+ * msecs_to_jiffies() checks for the passed in value being a constant
+ * via __builtin_constant_p() allowing gcc to eliminate most of the
+ * code, __msecs_to_jiffies() is called if the value passed does not
+ * allow constant folding and the actual conversion must be done at
+ * runtime.
+ * the HZ range specific helpers _msecs_to_jiffies() are called both
+ * directly here and from __msecs_to_jiffies() in the case where
+ * constant folding is not possible.
  */
 static inline unsigned long msecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int m)
 {
-	return __msecs_to_jiffies(m);
+	if (__builtin_constant_p(m)) {
+		if ((int)m < 0)
+			return MAX_JIFFY_OFFSET;
+		return _msecs_to_jiffies(m);
+	} else {
+		return __msecs_to_jiffies(m);
+	}
 }
 
 extern unsigned long usecs_to_jiffies(const unsigned int u);
-- 
1.7.10.4

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