linux-kernel - [PATCH v1 1/4] powerpc/code-patching: Don't call is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() without CONFIG

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Message-Id: <f3c701cce00a38620788c0fc43ff0b611a268c54.1647962456.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Date:   Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:40:18 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH v1 1/4] powerpc/code-patching: Don't call is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() without CONFIG_MODULES

If CONFIG_MODULES is not set, there is no point in checking
whether text is in module area.

This reduced the time needed to activate/deactivate ftrace
by more than 10% on an 8xx.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 00c68e7fb11e..f970f189875b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ static int map_patch_area(void *addr, unsigned long text_poke_addr)
 {
 	unsigned long pfn;
 
-	if (is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(addr))
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MODULES) && is_vmalloc_or_module_addr(addr))
 		pfn = vmalloc_to_pfn(addr);
 	else
 		pfn = __pa_symbol(addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
-- 
2.35.1