linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 12/19] objtool: Optimize find_symbol_by

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Message-Id: <20200317170910.475238692@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 17 Mar 2020 18:02:46 +0100
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de, jpoimboe@...hat.com
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org,
        mhiramat@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz, brgerst@...il.com
Subject: [PATCH v2 12/19] objtool: Optimize find_symbol_by_name()

Perf showed that find_symbol_by_name() takes time; add a symbol name
hash.

This shaves another second off of objtool on vmlinux.o runtime, down
to 15 seconds.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c |   10 +++++-----
 tools/objtool/elf.h |    2 ++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -203,13 +203,11 @@ struct symbol *find_func_containing(stru
 
 struct symbol *find_symbol_by_name(struct elf *elf, const char *name)
 {
-	struct section *sec;
 	struct symbol *sym;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(sec, &elf->sections, list)
-		list_for_each_entry(sym, &sec->symbol_list, list)
-			if (!strcmp(sym->name, name))
-				return sym;
+	hash_for_each_possible(elf->symbol_name_hash, sym, name_hash, str_hash(name))
+		if (!strcmp(sym->name, name))
+			return sym;
 
 	return NULL;
 }
@@ -386,6 +384,7 @@ static int read_symbols(struct elf *elf)
 			entry = &sym->sec->symbol_list;
 		list_add(&sym->list, entry);
 		hash_add(elf->symbol_hash, &sym->hash, sym->idx);
+		hash_add(elf->symbol_name_hash, &sym->name_hash, str_hash(sym->name));
 	}
 
 	if (stats)
@@ -524,6 +523,7 @@ struct elf *elf_read(const char *name, i
 	memset(elf, 0, sizeof(*elf));
 
 	hash_init(elf->symbol_hash);
+	hash_init(elf->symbol_name_hash);
 	hash_init(elf->section_hash);
 	hash_init(elf->section_name_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elf->sections);
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct symbol {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct rb_node node;
 	struct hlist_node hash;
+	struct hlist_node name_hash;
 	GElf_Sym sym;
 	struct section *sec;
 	char *name;
@@ -77,6 +78,7 @@ struct elf {
 	char *name;
 	struct list_head sections;
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(symbol_hash, 20);
+	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(symbol_name_hash, 20);
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(section_hash, 16);
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(section_name_hash, 16);
 };