netdev - RE: [PATCH] x86: bpf_jit_comp: simplify trivial boolean return

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Date:	Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:25:25 +0000
From:	David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:	'Joe Perches' <joe@...ches.com>,
	Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
CC:	Quentin Lambert <lambert.quentin@...il.com>,
	"David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Alexey Kuznetsov <kuznet@....inr.ac.ru>,
	James Morris <jmorris@...ei.org>,
	Hideaki YOSHIFUJI <yoshfuji@...ux-ipv6.org>,
	"Patrick McHardy" <kaber@...sh.net>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>,
	"netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] x86: bpf_jit_comp: simplify trivial boolean return

From: Joe Perches
> On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 10:34 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 09:23 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> > >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> > Is there any value in reordering these tests for frequency
> > >> > or maybe using | instead of || to avoid multiple jumps?
> > >>
> > >> probably not. It's not a critical path.
> > >> compiler may fuse conditions depending on values anyway.
> > >> If it was a critical path, we could have used
> > >> (1 << reg) & mask trick.
> > >> I picked explicit 'return true' else 'return false' here,
> > >> because it felt easier to read. Just a matter of taste.
> > >
> > > There is a size difference though: (allyesconfig)
> > >
> > > $ size arch/x86/net/built-in.o*
> > >    text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
> > >   12999    1012    4336   18347    47ab arch/x86/net/built-in.o.new
> > >   13177    1076    4592   18845    499d arch/x86/net/built-in.o.old
> >
> > interesting. Compiler obviously thinks that 178 byte increase
> > with -O2 is the right trade off. Which I agree with :)
> >
> > If I think dropping 'inline' and using -Os will give bigger savings...
> 
> This was allyesconfig which already uses -Os
> 
> Using -O2, there is no difference using inline
> or not, but the size delta with the bitmask is
> much larger
> 
> $ size arch/x86/net/built-in.o* (allyesconfig, but not -Os)
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   13410	    820	   3624	  17854	   45be	arch/x86/net/built-in.o.new
>   16130	    884	   4200	  21214	   52de	arch/x86/net/built-in.o.old
>   16130	    884	   4200	  21214	   52de	arch/x86/net/built-in.o.static

That is quite a big % change in the code size.
Why the change in data?

	David



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