linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] blkdev: Replace blksize

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Date:   Mon, 1 Jun 2020 10:44:26 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Tao pilgrim <pilgrimtao@...il.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] blkdev: Replace blksize_bits() with ilog2()

On Mon, Jun 01, 2020 at 03:22:01PM +0800, Tao pilgrim wrote:
> On Fri, May 29, 2020 at 10:13 PM Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk> wrote:
> >
> > On 5/29/20 8:11 AM, Kaitao Cheng wrote:
> > > There is a function named ilog2() exist which can replace blksize.
> > > The generated code will be shorter and more efficient on some
> > > architecture, such as arm64. And ilog2() can be optimized according
> > > to different architecture.
> >
> > When you posted this last time, I said:
> >
> > "I like the simplification, but do you have any results to back up
> >  that claim? Is the generated code shorter? Runs faster?"
> >
> 
> Hi  Jens Axboe:
> 
> I did a test on ARM64.
> unsigned int ckt_blksize(int size)
> {
>    return blksize_bits(size);
> }
> unsigned int ckt_ilog2(int size)
> {
>     return ilog2(size);
> }
> 
> When I compiled it into assembly code, I got the following result,
> 
> 0000000000000088 <ckt_blksize>:
>       88: 2a0003e8 mov w8, w0
>       8c: 321d03e0 orr w0, wzr, #0x8
>       90: 11000400 add w0, w0, #0x1
>       94: 7108051f cmp w8, #0x201
>       98: 53017d08 lsr w8, w8, #1
>       9c: 54ffffa8 b.hi 90 <ckt_blksize+0x8>
>       a0: d65f03c0 ret
>       a4: d503201f nop
> 
> 00000000000000a8 <ckt_ilog2>:
>       a8: 320013e8 orr w8, wzr, #0x1f
>       ac: 5ac01009 clz w9, w0
>       b0: 4b090108 sub w8, w8, w9
>       b4: 7100001f cmp w0, #0x0
>       b8: 5a9f1100 csinv w0, w8, wzr, ne
>       bc: d65f03c0 ret
> 
> The generated code of ilog2  is shorter , and  runs faster

But does this code path actually show up anywhere that is actually
measurable as mattering?

If so, please show that benchmark results.

thanks,

greg k-h