linux-kernel - [PATCH -tip] compiler_types.h: Optimize __unqual_scalar

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Date:   Wed, 27 May 2020 12:32:36 +0200
From:   Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
To:     elver@...gle.com
Cc:     will@...nel.org, peterz@...radead.org, bp@...en8.de,
        tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...nel.org,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com, paulmck@...nel.org,
        dvyukov@...gle.com, glider@...gle.com, andreyknvl@...gle.com,
        kasan-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Subject: [PATCH -tip] compiler_types.h: Optimize __unqual_scalar_typeof
 compilation time

If the compiler supports C11's _Generic, use it to speed up compilation
times of __unqual_scalar_typeof(). GCC version 4.9 or later and
all supported versions of Clang support the feature (the oldest
supported compiler that doesn't support _Generic is GCC 4.8, for which
we use the slower alternative).

The non-_Generic variant relies on multiple expansions of
__pick_integer_type -> __pick_scalar_type -> __builtin_choose_expr,
which increases pre-processed code size, and can cause compile times to
increase in files with numerous expansions of READ_ONCE(), or other
users of __unqual_scalar_typeof().

Summary of compile-time benchmarking done by Arnd Bergmann [1]:

	<baseline normalized time>  clang-11   gcc-9
	this patch                      0.78    0.91
	ideal                           0.76    0.86

[1] https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAK8P3a3UYQeXhiufUevz=rwe09WM_vSTCd9W+KvJHJcOeQyWVA@mail.gmail.com

Further compile-testing done with:
	gcc 4.8, 4.9, 5.5, 6.4, 7.5, 8.4;
	clang 9, 10.

Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/CAK8P3a0RJtbVi1JMsfik=jkHCNFv+DJn_FeDg-YLW+ueQW3tNg@mail.gmail.com
---
Same version as in:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200526173312.GA30240@google.com
---
 include/linux/compiler_types.h | 22 +++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/compiler_types.h b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
index 5faf68eae204..a529fa263906 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler_types.h
@@ -245,7 +245,9 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
 /*
  * __unqual_scalar_typeof(x) - Declare an unqualified scalar type, leaving
  *			       non-scalar types unchanged.
- *
+ */
+#if defined(CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC) && CONFIG_GCC_VERSION < 40900
+/*
  * We build this out of a couple of helper macros in a vain attempt to
  * help you keep your lunch down while reading it.
  */
@@ -267,6 +269,24 @@ struct ftrace_likely_data {
 			__pick_integer_type(x, int,				\
 				__pick_integer_type(x, long,			\
 					__pick_integer_type(x, long long, x))))))
+#else
+/*
+ * If supported, prefer C11 _Generic for better compile-times. As above, 'char'
+ * is not type-compatible with 'signed char', and we define a separate case.
+ */
+#define __scalar_type_to_expr_cases(type)				\
+		type: (type)0, unsigned type: (unsigned type)0
+
+#define __unqual_scalar_typeof(x) typeof(				\
+		_Generic((x),						\
+			 __scalar_type_to_expr_cases(char),		\
+			 signed char: (signed char)0,			\
+			 __scalar_type_to_expr_cases(short),		\
+			 __scalar_type_to_expr_cases(int),		\
+			 __scalar_type_to_expr_cases(long),		\
+			 __scalar_type_to_expr_cases(long long),	\
+			 default: (x)))
+#endif
 
 /* Is this type a native word size -- useful for atomic operations */
 #define __native_word(t) \
-- 
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