linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/8] lib/lzo: 64-bit CTZ on arm64

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Message-ID: <5C0945D9.3030500@oberhumer.com>
Date:   Thu, 6 Dec 2018 16:52:57 +0100
From:   "Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer" <markus@...rhumer.com>
To:     Dave Rodgman <dave.rodgman@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "akpm@...ux-foundation.org" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     "herbert@...dor.apana.org.au" <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>,
        "davem@...emloft.net" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Matt Sealey <Matt.Sealey@....com>,
        "nitingupta910@...il.com" <nitingupta910@...il.com>,
        "minchan@...nel.org" <minchan@...nel.org>,
        "sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com" 
        <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>,
        "sonnyrao@...gle.com" <sonnyrao@...gle.com>,
        "gregkh@...uxfoundation.org" <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        nd <nd@....com>, "sfr@...b.auug.org.au" <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/8] lib/lzo: 64-bit CTZ on arm64

Acked-by: Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus@...rhumer.com>



On 2018-11-30 15:26, Dave Rodgman wrote:
> From: Matt Sealey <matt.sealey@....com>
> 
> LZO leaves some performance on the table by not realising that arm64 can
> optimize count-trailing-zeros bit operations.
> 
> Add CONFIG_ARM64 to the checked definitions alongside CONFIG_X86_64 to
> enable the use of rbit/clz instructions on full 64-bit quantities.
> 
> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20181127161913.23863-5-dave.rodgman@arm.com
> Signed-off-by: Matt Sealey <matt.sealey@....com>
> Signed-off-by: Dave Rodgman <dave.rodgman@....com>
> Cc: David S. Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
> Cc: Markus F.X.J. Oberhumer <markus@...rhumer.com>
> Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> Cc: Nitin Gupta <nitingupta910@...il.com>
> Cc: Richard Purdie <rpurdie@...nedhand.com>
> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky.work@...il.com>
> Cc: Sonny Rao <sonnyrao@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
> Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
> ---
>  lib/lzo/lzodefs.h | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/lzo/lzodefs.h b/lib/lzo/lzodefs.h
> index c0193f726db0..c8965dc181df 100644
> --- a/lib/lzo/lzodefs.h
> +++ b/lib/lzo/lzodefs.h
> @@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
>  
>  #if defined(__BIG_ENDIAN) && defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN)
>  #error "conflicting endian definitions"
> -#elif defined(CONFIG_X86_64)
> +#elif defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_ARM64)
>  #define LZO_USE_CTZ64	1
>  #define LZO_USE_CTZ32	1
>  #elif defined(CONFIG_X86) || defined(CONFIG_PPC)
> 

-- 
Markus Oberhumer, <markus@...rhumer.com>, http://www.oberhumer.com/