linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] powerpc: kvm: Reduce calls to get current->mm by storing the value locally

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Message-ID: <9f635f0348bc29274cfca573f5cd297bcd50a8e0.camel@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Sep 2019 16:12:26 -0300
From:   Leonardo Bras <leonardo@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     PaulMackerras <paulus@...ba.org>, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] powerpc: kvm: Reduce calls to get current->mm by
 storing the value locally

On Mon, 2019-09-23 at 15:35 -0300, Leonardo Bras wrote:
> Could you please provide feedback on this patch?

I have done a very simple comparison with gcc disassemble:
By applying this patch, there was a reduction in the function size from
882 to 878 instructions.

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