mirror of
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
synced 2026-05-09 13:43:21 -04:00
a048d3abae
Implement arch_raw_cpu_ptr() as a load from this_cpu_off and then
add the ptr value to the base. This way, the compiler can propagate
addend to the following instruction and simplify address calculation.
E.g.: address calcuation in amd_pmu_enable_virt() improves from:
48 c7 c0 00 00 00 00 mov $0x0,%rax
87b7: R_X86_64_32S cpu_hw_events
65 48 03 05 00 00 00 add %gs:0x0(%rip),%rax
00
87bf: R_X86_64_PC32 this_cpu_off-0x4
48 c7 80 28 13 00 00 movq $0x0,0x1328(%rax)
00 00 00 00
to:
65 48 8b 05 00 00 00 mov %gs:0x0(%rip),%rax
00
8798: R_X86_64_PC32 this_cpu_off-0x4
48 c7 80 00 00 00 00 movq $0x0,0x0(%rax)
00 00 00 00
87a6: R_X86_64_32S cpu_hw_events+0x1328
The compiler also eliminates additional redundant loads from
this_cpu_off, reducing the number of percpu offset reads
from 1668 to 1646 on a test build, a -1.3% reduction.
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@gmail.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@redhat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Cc: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Cc: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231015202523.189168-1-ubizjak@gmail.com
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.