linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/24] timekeeping: Read NTP tick length only once

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Message-Id: <20240911-devel-anna-maria-b4-timers-ptp-timekeeping-v1-1-f7cae09e25d6@linutronix.de>
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 15:29:45 +0200
From: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
To: John Stultz <jstultz@...gle.com>, 
 Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@...nel.org>, 
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, netdev@...r.kernel.org, 
 Miroslav Lichvar <mlichvar@...hat.com>, 
 Richard Cochran <richardcochran@...il.com>, 
 Christopher S Hall <christopher.s.hall@...el.com>, 
 Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH 01/24] timekeeping: Read NTP tick length only once

From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>

No point in reading it a second time when the comparison fails.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Anna-Maria Behnsen <anna-maria@...utronix.de>
---
 kernel/time/timekeeping.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
index 5391e4167d60..b877173f88bb 100644
--- a/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
+++ b/kernel/time/timekeeping.c
@@ -2130,16 +2130,17 @@ static __always_inline void timekeeping_apply_adjustment(struct timekeeper *tk,
  */
 static void timekeeping_adjust(struct timekeeper *tk, s64 offset)
 {
+	u64 ntp_tl = ntp_tick_length();
 	u32 mult;
 
 	/*
 	 * Determine the multiplier from the current NTP tick length.
 	 * Avoid expensive division when the tick length doesn't change.
 	 */
-	if (likely(tk->ntp_tick == ntp_tick_length())) {
+	if (likely(tk->ntp_tick == ntp_tl)) {
 		mult = tk->tkr_mono.mult - tk->ntp_err_mult;
 	} else {
-		tk->ntp_tick = ntp_tick_length();
+		tk->ntp_tick = ntp_tl;
 		mult = div64_u64((tk->ntp_tick >> tk->ntp_error_shift) -
 				 tk->xtime_remainder, tk->cycle_interval);
 	}

-- 
2.39.2