linux-kernel - Re: static_branch/jump

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Message-ID: <YHBQPr8q0cx4iUfN@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net>
Date:   Fri, 9 Apr 2021 15:01:50 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     David Malcolm <dmalcolm@...hat.com>
Cc:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, linux-toolchains@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Jason Baron <jbaron@...mai.com>,
        "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: Re: static_branch/jump_label vs branch merging

On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 02:03:46PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 09, 2021 at 07:55:42AM -0400, David Malcolm wrote:

> > Sorry if this is a dumb question, but does the function attribute:
> >   __attribute__ ((pure)) 
> > help here?  It's meant to allow multiple calls to a predicate to be
> > merged - though I'd be nervous of using it here, the predicate isn't
> > 100% pure, since AIUI the whole point of what you've built is for
> > predicates that very rarely change - but can change occasionally.
> 
> I actually tried that, but it doesn't seem to work. Given the function
> arguments are all compile time constants it should DTRT AFAICT, but
> alas.

FWIW, I tried the below patch and GCC-10.2.1 on current tip/master.

---
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
index 610a05374c02..704438d07bc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/jump_label.h
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #include <linux/stringify.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 
-static __always_inline bool arch_static_branch(struct static_key * const key, const bool branch)
+static __always_inline __pure bool arch_static_branch(struct static_key * const key, const bool branch)
 {
 	asm_volatile_goto("1:"
 		".byte " __stringify(BYTES_NOP5) "\n\t"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ static __always_inline bool arch_static_branch(struct static_key * const key, co
 	return true;
 }
 
-static __always_inline bool arch_static_branch_jump(struct static_key * const key, const bool branch)
+static __always_inline __pure bool arch_static_branch_jump(struct static_key * const key, const bool branch)
 {
 	asm_volatile_goto("1:"
 		".byte 0xe9\n\t .long %l[l_yes] - 2f\n\t"
diff --git a/include/linux/jump_label.h b/include/linux/jump_label.h
index 05f5554d860f..834086663c26 100644
--- a/include/linux/jump_label.h
+++ b/include/linux/jump_label.h
@@ -195,12 +195,12 @@ struct module;
 #define JUMP_TYPE_LINKED	2UL
 #define JUMP_TYPE_MASK		3UL
 
-static __always_inline bool static_key_false(struct static_key *key)
+static __always_inline __pure bool static_key_false(struct static_key * const key)
 {
 	return arch_static_branch(key, false);
 }
 
-static __always_inline bool static_key_true(struct static_key *key)
+static __always_inline __pure bool static_key_true(struct static_key * const key)
 {
 	return !arch_static_branch(key, true);
 }