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The check_preemption_disabled() function uses cpumask_equal() to see if the task is bounded to the current CPU only. cpumask_equal() calls memcmp() to do the comparison. As x86 doesn't have __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP, the slow memcmp() function in lib/string.c is used. On a RT kernel that call check_preemption_disabled() very frequently, below is the perf-record output of a certain microbenchmark: 42.75% 2.45% testpmd [kernel.kallsyms] [k] check_preemption_disabled 40.01% 39.97% testpmd [kernel.kallsyms] [k] memcmp We should avoid calling memcmp() in performance critical path. So the cpumask_equal() call is now replaced with an equivalent simpler check. Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Reviewed-by: Juri Lelli <juri.lelli@redhat.com> Acked-by: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191003203608.21881-1-longman@redhat.com Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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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.