linux-kernel - [PATCH v2] mm: Micro-optimisation: Save two branches on hot

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Date:   Wed,  4 Mar 2020 17:21:18 +0100
From:   mateusznosek0@...il.com
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        vbabka@...e.cz, mgorman@...hsingularity.net
Subject: [PATCH v2] mm: Micro-optimisation: Save two branches on hot - page allocation path

From: Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>

This patch makes ALLOC_KSWAPD equal to __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM (cast to int).

Thanks to that code like:
    if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
	    alloc_flags |= ALLOC_KSWAPD;
can be changed to:
    alloc_flags |= (__force int) (gfp_mask &__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM);
Thanks to this one branch less is generated in the assembly.

In case of ALLOC_KSWAPD flag two branches are saved, first one in code that
always executes in the beginning of page allocation and the second one in
loop in page allocator slowpath.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
---
 mm/internal.h   |  2 +-
 mm/page_alloc.c | 22 ++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/internal.h b/mm/internal.h
index 86372d164476..f089fc98fc08 100644
--- a/mm/internal.h
+++ b/mm/internal.h
@@ -535,7 +535,7 @@ unsigned long reclaim_clean_pages_from_list(struct zone *zone,
 #else
 #define ALLOC_NOFRAGMENT	  0x0
 #endif
-#define ALLOC_KSWAPD		0x200 /* allow waking of kswapd */
+#define ALLOC_KSWAPD		0x800 /* allow waking of kswapd, __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM set */
 
 enum ttu_flags;
 struct tlbflush_unmap_batch;
diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 79e950d76ffc..eed9f790eef7 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3609,10 +3609,13 @@ static bool zone_allows_reclaim(struct zone *local_zone, struct zone *zone)
 static inline unsigned int
 alloc_flags_nofragment(struct zone *zone, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
-	unsigned int alloc_flags = 0;
+	unsigned int alloc_flags;
 
-	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
-		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_KSWAPD;
+	/*
+	 * __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM is assumed to be the same as ALLOC_KSWAPD
+	 * to save a branch.
+	 */
+	alloc_flags = (__force int) (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
 	if (!zone)
@@ -4248,8 +4251,13 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
 	unsigned int alloc_flags = ALLOC_WMARK_MIN | ALLOC_CPUSET;
 
-	/* __GFP_HIGH is assumed to be the same as ALLOC_HIGH to save a branch. */
+	/*
+	 * __GFP_HIGH is assumed to be the same as ALLOC_HIGH
+	 * and __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM is assumed to be the same as ALLOC_KSWAPD
+	 * to save two branches.
+	 */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(__GFP_HIGH != (__force gfp_t) ALLOC_HIGH);
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(__GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM != (__force gfp_t) ALLOC_KSWAPD);
 
 	/*
 	 * The caller may dip into page reserves a bit more if the caller
@@ -4257,7 +4265,8 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	 * policy or is asking for __GFP_HIGH memory.  GFP_ATOMIC requests will
 	 * set both ALLOC_HARDER (__GFP_ATOMIC) and ALLOC_HIGH (__GFP_HIGH).
 	 */
-	alloc_flags |= (__force int) (gfp_mask & __GFP_HIGH);
+	alloc_flags |= (__force int)
+		(gfp_mask & (__GFP_HIGH | __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM));
 
 	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_ATOMIC) {
 		/*
@@ -4274,9 +4283,6 @@ gfp_to_alloc_flags(gfp_t gfp_mask)
 	} else if (unlikely(rt_task(current)) && !in_interrupt())
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_HARDER;
 
-	if (gfp_mask & __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM)
-		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_KSWAPD;
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
 	if (gfpflags_to_migratetype(gfp_mask) == MIGRATE_MOVABLE)
 		alloc_flags |= ALLOC_CMA;
-- 
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