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Message-ID: <b47f5003-c7ad-da27-dab6-077f57aaae18@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Fri, 10 Mar 2023 14:35:48 +0800
From:   Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Yangtao Li <frank.li@...o.com>, tytso@....edu,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: convert to DIV_ROUND_UP() in
 mpage_process_page_bufs()



On 2023/3/10 14:27, Yangtao Li wrote:
>> Please don't do this.  This makes the code compile down to a division, which is
>> far less efficient.  I've verified this by checking the assembly generated.
> 
> How much is the performance impact? So should the following be modified as shift operations as well?
> 
> fs/erofs/namei.c:92:    int head = 0, back = DIV_ROUND_UP(dir->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ) - 1;
> fs/erofs/zmap.c:252:    const unsigned int totalidx = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ);
> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:14:#define LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES       (DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_DISTANCE_MAX, PAGE_SIZE) + 1)
> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:56:                                     DIV_ROUND_UP(distance, PAGE_SIZE) + 1 :
> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:70:     unsigned long bounced[DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES,
> fs/erofs/data.c:84:     nblocks = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ);

Please stop taking EROFS as example on ext4 patches
and they will all be changed due to subpage support.

> 
> Thx,
> Yangtao

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