linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v4 0/7] Speed booting by sorting ORC unwind tables at build time

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Message-Id: <20191115164539.57930-1-shile.zhang@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:45:32 +0800
From:   Shile Zhang <shile.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org
Cc:     "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Shile Zhang <shile.zhang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v4 0/7] Speed booting by sorting ORC unwind tables at build time

Hi,

I refactored the code, followed by Peter's suggestions in v3, thank you!
Any suggestions and comments are welcome!

Thanks!

Changelog:
==========
v3->v4:
- Code refactored for Peter's review findings and suggestions.

v2->v3:
- Discard new added sortorctable tool and related Kconfig changes.
- Refactored sortextable, makes it more readable and extendable.
- Rename 'sortextable' to 'sorttable', for more kernel tables extend.
- Add ORC unwind tables sort into sorttable.
- Remove the runtime ORC tables sort.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191115064750.47888-1-shile.zhang@linux.alibaba.com/

v1->v2:
- Removed new added Kconfig and runtime sort code, advised by Josh Poimboeuf.
- Some minor refactoring.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191108071108.72132-1-shile.zhang@linux.alibaba.com/

v1:
- Added a new sortorctable tool to sort ORC unwind tables at build time,
  same as sortextable.
- Add a new Kconfigure to control if ORC unwind tables sort at build
  time.
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191107143205.206606-1-shile.zhang@linux.alibaba.com/

Shile Zhang (7):
  scripts/sortextable: Rewrite error/success handling
  scripts/sortextable: kernel coding style formating
  scripts/sortextable: Remove dead code
  scripts/sortextable: refactor do_func() function
  scripts/sorttable: rename sortextable to sorttable
  scripts/sorttable: Add ORC unwind tables sort concurrently
  x86/unwind/orc: remove run-time ORC unwind tables sort

 arch/arc/Kconfig                       |   2 +-
 arch/arm/Kconfig                       |   2 +-
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                     |   2 +-
 arch/microblaze/Kconfig                |   2 +-
 arch/mips/Kconfig                      |   2 +-
 arch/parisc/Kconfig                    |   2 +-
 arch/parisc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S       |   2 +-
 arch/powerpc/Kconfig                   |   2 +-
 arch/s390/Kconfig                      |   2 +-
 arch/x86/Kconfig                       |   2 +-
 arch/x86/kernel/unwind_orc.c           |   8 +-
 arch/xtensa/Kconfig                    |   2 +-
 init/Kconfig                           |   2 +-
 scripts/.gitignore                     |   2 +-
 scripts/Makefile                       |  10 +-
 scripts/link-vmlinux.sh                |  10 +-
 scripts/sortextable.h                  | 209 -------------
 scripts/{sortextable.c => sorttable.c} | 299 +++++++++---------
 scripts/sorttable.h                    | 401 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 19 files changed, 568 insertions(+), 395 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 scripts/sortextable.h
 rename scripts/{sortextable.c => sorttable.c} (67%)
 create mode 100644 scripts/sorttable.h

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