linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/6] lib/find_bit: fast path for small bitmaps

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Message-ID: <20210216180042.GA421019@yury-ThinkPad>
Date:   Tue, 16 Feb 2021 10:00:42 -0800
From:   Yury Norov <yury.norov@...il.com>
To:     Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-sh@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Dennis Zhou <dennis@...nel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@...g-engineering.com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
        Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@...hat.com>,
        "Ma, Jianpeng" <jianpeng.ma@...el.com>,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@...sik.fu-berlin.de>,
        Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2 0/6] lib/find_bit: fast path for small bitmaps

On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:14:23AM +0200, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 15, 2021 at 01:30:44PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> > [add David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM> ]
> > 
> > On Sat, Jan 30, 2021 at 11:17:11AM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> > > Bitmap operations are much simpler and faster in case of small bitmaps
> > > which fit into a single word. In linux/bitmap.h we have a machinery that
> > > allows compiler to replace actual function call with a few instructions
> > > if bitmaps passed into the function are small and their size is known at
> > > compile time.
> > > 
> > > find_*_bit() API lacks this functionality; despite users will benefit from
> > > it a lot. One important example is cpumask subsystem when
> > > NR_CPUS <= BITS_PER_LONG. In the very best case, the compiler may replace
> > > a find_*_bit() call for such a bitmap with a single ffs or ffz instruction.
> > > 
> > > Tools is synchronized with new implementation where needed.
> > > 
> > > v1: https://www.spinics.net/lists/kernel/msg3804727.html
> > > v2: - employ GENMASK() for bitmaps;
> > >     - unify find_bit inliners in;
> > >     - address comments to v1;
> > 
> > Comments so far:
> >  - increased image size (patch #8) - addressed by introducing
> >    CONFIG_FAST_PATH;
> 
> >  - split tools and kernel parts - not clear why it's better.
> 
> Because tools are user space programs and sometimes may not follow kernel
> specifics, so they are different logically and changes should be separated.

In this specific case tools follow kernel well.

Nevertheless, if you think it's a blocker for the series, I can split. What
option for tools is better for you - doubling the number of patches or 
squashing everything in a patch bomb?