linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/12] timer: Optimize _next_timer

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jul 2020 16:05:45 +0200
From:   Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 06/12] timer: Optimize _next_timer_interrupt() level iteration

If a level has a timer that expires before we reach the next level,
there is no need to iterate further.

The next level is reached when the 3 lower bits of the current level are
cleared. If the next event happens before/during that, the next levels
won't give us an earlier expiration.

Tested-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Cc: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@...hat.com>
---
 kernel/time/timer.c | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timer.c b/kernel/time/timer.c
index af1c08b0b168..9abc41715fd2 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timer.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timer.c
@@ -1526,6 +1526,7 @@ static unsigned long __next_timer_interrupt(struct timer_base *base)
 	clk = base->clk;
 	for (lvl = 0; lvl < LVL_DEPTH; lvl++, offset += LVL_SIZE) {
 		int pos = next_pending_bucket(base, offset, clk & LVL_MASK);
+		unsigned long lvl_clk = clk & LVL_CLK_MASK;
 
 		if (pos >= 0) {
 			unsigned long tmp = clk + (unsigned long) pos;
@@ -1533,6 +1534,13 @@ static unsigned long __next_timer_interrupt(struct timer_base *base)
 			tmp <<= LVL_SHIFT(lvl);
 			if (time_before(tmp, next))
 				next = tmp;
+
+			/*
+			 * If the next expiration happens before we reach
+			 * the next level, no need to check further.
+			 */
+			if (pos <= ((LVL_CLK_DIV - lvl_clk) & LVL_CLK_MASK))
+				break;
 		}
 		/*
 		 * Clock for the next level. If the current level clock lower
@@ -1570,7 +1578,7 @@ static unsigned long __next_timer_interrupt(struct timer_base *base)
 		 * So the simple check whether the lower bits of the current
 		 * level are 0 or not is sufficient for all cases.
 		 */
-		adj = clk & LVL_CLK_MASK ? 1 : 0;
+		adj = lvl_clk ? 1 : 0;
 		clk >>= LVL_CLK_SHIFT;
 		clk += adj;
 	}
-- 
2.26.2