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Date:   Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:08:35 -0000
From:   "tip-bot2 for Peter Zijlstra" <tip-bot2@...utronix.de>
To:     linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: core/objtool] objtool: Optimize find_section_by_name()

The following commit has been merged into the core/objtool branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     ae358196fac3a0b4d2a7d47a4f401e3421027b03
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/ae358196fac3a0b4d2a7d47a4f401e3421027b03
Author:        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:32:10 +01:00
Committer:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
CommitterDate: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 18:28:29 +01:00

objtool: Optimize find_section_by_name()

In order to avoid yet another linear search of (20k) sections, add a
name based hash.

This reduces objtool runtime on vmlinux.o by some 10s to around 35s.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>
Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200324160924.440174280@infradead.org
---
 tools/objtool/elf.c | 10 +++++++++-
 tools/objtool/elf.h |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.c b/tools/objtool/elf.c
index 9007713..20fe40d 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.c
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.c
@@ -22,11 +22,16 @@
 
 #define MAX_NAME_LEN 128
 
+static inline u32 str_hash(const char *str)
+{
+	return jhash(str, strlen(str), 0);
+}
+
 struct section *find_section_by_name(struct elf *elf, const char *name)
 {
 	struct section *sec;
 
-	list_for_each_entry(sec, &elf->sections, list)
+	hash_for_each_possible(elf->section_name_hash, sec, name_hash, str_hash(name))
 		if (!strcmp(sec->name, name))
 			return sec;
 
@@ -202,6 +207,7 @@ static int read_sections(struct elf *elf)
 
 		list_add_tail(&sec->list, &elf->sections);
 		hash_add(elf->section_hash, &sec->hash, sec->idx);
+		hash_add(elf->section_name_hash, &sec->name_hash, str_hash(sec->name));
 	}
 
 	if (stats)
@@ -441,6 +447,7 @@ struct elf *elf_read(const char *name, int flags)
 
 	hash_init(elf->symbol_hash);
 	hash_init(elf->section_hash);
+	hash_init(elf->section_name_hash);
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&elf->sections);
 
 	elf->fd = open(name, flags);
@@ -581,6 +588,7 @@ struct section *elf_create_section(struct elf *elf, const char *name,
 
 	list_add_tail(&sec->list, &elf->sections);
 	hash_add(elf->section_hash, &sec->hash, sec->idx);
+	hash_add(elf->section_name_hash, &sec->name_hash, str_hash(sec->name));
 
 	return sec;
 }
diff --git a/tools/objtool/elf.h b/tools/objtool/elf.h
index 8c272eb..ac7c46f 100644
--- a/tools/objtool/elf.h
+++ b/tools/objtool/elf.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <gelf.h>
 #include <linux/list.h>
 #include <linux/hashtable.h>
+#include <linux/jhash.h>
 
 #ifdef LIBELF_USE_DEPRECATED
 # define elf_getshdrnum    elf_getshnum
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 struct section {
 	struct list_head list;
 	struct hlist_node hash;
+	struct hlist_node name_hash;
 	GElf_Shdr sh;
 	struct list_head symbol_list;
 	struct list_head rela_list;
@@ -73,6 +75,7 @@ struct elf {
 	struct list_head sections;
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(symbol_hash, 20);
 	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(section_hash, 16);
+	DECLARE_HASHTABLE(section_name_hash, 16);
 };