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Message-ID: <16557e30-8353-4cd1-995b-23ec763d2b07@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2024 11:59:44 -0400
From: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
To: David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>,
"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
"'peterz@...radead.org'" <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: "'mingo@...hat.com'" <mingo@...hat.com>,
"'will@...nel.org'" <will@...nel.org>,
"'boqun.feng@...il.com'" <boqun.feng@...il.com>,
'Linus Torvalds' <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
"'virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org'"
<virtualization@...ts.linux-foundation.org>,
'Zeng Heng' <zengheng4@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH next v2 5/5] locking/osq_lock: Optimise decode_cpu() and
per_cpu_ptr().
On 12/31/23 23:14, Waiman Long wrote:
>
> On 12/31/23 16:55, David Laight wrote:
>> per_cpu_ptr() indexes __per_cpu_offset[] with the cpu number.
>> This requires the cpu number be 64bit.
>> However the value is osq_lock() comes from a 32bit xchg() and there
>> isn't a way of telling gcc the high bits are zero (they are) so
>> there will always be an instruction to clear the high bits.
>>
>> The cpu number is also offset by one (to make the initialiser 0)
>> It seems to be impossible to get gcc to convert
>> __per_cpu_offset[cpu_p1 - 1]
>> into (__per_cpu_offset - 1)[cpu_p1] (transferring the offset to the
>> address).
>>
>> Converting the cpu number to 32bit unsigned prior to the decrement means
>> that gcc knows the decrement has set the high bits to zero and doesn't
>> add a register-register move (or cltq) to zero/sign extend the value.
>>
>> Not massive but saves two instructions.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@...lab.com>
>> ---
>> kernel/locking/osq_lock.c | 6 ++----
>> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
>> index 35bb99e96697..37a4fa872989 100644
>> --- a/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
>> +++ b/kernel/locking/osq_lock.c
>> @@ -29,11 +29,9 @@ static inline int encode_cpu(int cpu_nr)
>> return cpu_nr + 1;
>> }
>> -static inline struct optimistic_spin_node *decode_cpu(int
>> encoded_cpu_val)
>> +static inline struct optimistic_spin_node *decode_cpu(unsigned int
>> encoded_cpu_val)
>> {
>> - int cpu_nr = encoded_cpu_val - 1;
>> -
>> - return per_cpu_ptr(&osq_node, cpu_nr);
>> + return per_cpu_ptr(&osq_node, encoded_cpu_val - 1);
>> }
>> /*
>
> You really like micro-optimization.
>
> Anyway,
>
> Reviewed-by: Waiman Long <longman@...hat.com>
>
David,
Could you respin the series based on the latest upstream code?
Thanks,
Longman
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