netdev - RE: Use of genradix in sctp

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Date:   Fri, 21 Aug 2020 21:18:42 +0000
From:   David Laight <David.Laight@...LAB.COM>
To:     'Marcelo Ricardo Leitner' <marcelo.leitner@...il.com>
CC:     "'linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-sctp@...r.kernel.org>,
        "'netdev@...r.kernel.org'" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: Use of genradix in sctp

From: 'Marcelo Ricardo Leitner'
> Sent: 21 August 2020 21:47
...
> >
> > 2) Optimise the genradix lookup for the case where there
> >    is a single page - it can be completely inlined.
> 
> And/or our struct sizes.
> 
> __idx_to_offset() will basically do:
>         if (!is_power_of_2(obj_size)) {
>                 return (idx / objs_per_page) * PAGE_SIZE +
>                         (idx % objs_per_page) * obj_size;
>         } else {
>                 return idx * obj_size;
> 
> if we can get it to his the else block, it saves some CPU cycles already (at
> the expense of memory).

I'm penning some changes to the genradix code:
That expression can be written:
	idx * obj_size + (idx / objs_per_page) * (PAGE_SIZE % obj_size)
which is simpler and doesn't need the is_power_of_2() test.

You can then do the early test:
	if (idx * obj_size <= PAGE_SIZE - obj_size) && root && !llevel)
		return root + idx * obj_size;
in the inline function.
A slight increase in code size, but a reduction in code path.
(Better still if you increment 'level'.)
Which catches most SCTP uses and the only other place I've found it used.

There is actually a nasty bug in the genradix code.
If the cmpxchg 'fails' when adding extra root levels then the page
can get reused later - but child[0] has been set.
This could add a loop to the tree!

	David

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