linux-kernel - [PATCH] make __section

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Message-ID: <1468988310-11560-1-git-send-email-zhouchengming1@huawei.com>
Date:	Wed, 20 Jul 2016 12:18:30 +0800
From:	Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@...wei.com>
To:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:	<akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <tj@...nel.org>,
	<guohanjun@...wei.com>, <huawei.libin@...wei.com>,
	<zhouchengming1@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] make __section_nr more efficient

When CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME is disabled, __section_nr can get
the section number with a subtraction directly.

Signed-off-by: Zhou Chengming <zhouchengming1@...wei.com>
---
 mm/sparse.c |   12 +++++++-----
 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 5d0cf45..36d7bbb 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -100,11 +100,7 @@ static inline int sparse_index_init(unsigned long section_nr, int nid)
 }
 #endif
 
-/*
- * Although written for the SPARSEMEM_EXTREME case, this happens
- * to also work for the flat array case because
- * NR_SECTION_ROOTS==NR_MEM_SECTIONS.
- */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_EXTREME
 int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
 {
 	unsigned long root_nr;
@@ -123,6 +119,12 @@ int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
 
 	return (root_nr * SECTIONS_PER_ROOT) + (ms - root);
 }
+#else
+int __section_nr(struct mem_section* ms)
+{
+	return (int)(ms - mem_section[0]);
+}
+#endif
 
 /*
  * During early boot, before section_mem_map is used for an actual
-- 
1.7.7