答复: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v3: move reading of GICR_TYPER later

From: Rex Nie
Date: Sun Oct 08 2023 - 09:01:51 EST


HI Marc,
Thanks for your code review, Agree with you about the changeset will make this code more fragile.
BRs
Rex Nie

-----邮件原件-----
发件人: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
发送时间: 2023年9月27日 0:40
收件人: Rex Nie <rex.nie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
抄送: tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
主题: Re: [PATCH] irqchip/gic-v3: move reading of GICR_TYPER later

On Mon, 25 Sep 2023 03:34:08 +0100,
Rex Nie <rex.nie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> This changeset will reduce one reading of GICR_TYPER register when any
> of next 2 condictions meets:
> 1. found redistributor for current cpu 2. single_redist is true for
> gic_data.redist_regions[i]
>
> Signed-off-by: Rex Nie <rex.nie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c index eedfa8e9f077..d08a4773f631 100644
> --- a/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> +++ b/drivers/irqchip/irq-gic-v3.c
> @@ -982,7 +982,6 @@ static int gic_iterate_rdists(int (*fn)(struct redist_region *, void __iomem *))
> }
>
> do {
> - typer = gic_read_typer(ptr + GICR_TYPER);
> ret = fn(gic_data.redist_regions + i, ptr);
> if (!ret)
> return 0;
> @@ -990,6 +989,7 @@ static int gic_iterate_rdists(int (*fn)(struct redist_region *, void __iomem *))
> if (gic_data.redist_regions[i].single_redist)
> break;
>
> + typer = gic_read_typer(ptr + GICR_TYPER);
> if (gic_data.redist_stride) {
> ptr += gic_data.redist_stride;
> } else {

I personally prefer establishing the exit condition for the loop as early as possible. Doing it later makes this code slightly more fragile, and I somehow doubt that you will notice the extra reads.

Can you at least quantify the improvement?

M.

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