Re: [patch] kprobes: optimize branch placement

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Sat Sep 16 2006 - 18:58:54 EST


On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 22:29:39 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> --- linux.orig/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
> +++ linux/arch/i386/kernel/kprobes.c
> @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ int __kprobes kprobe_handler(struct pt_r
> kcb = get_kprobe_ctlblk();
>
> /* Check we're not actually recursing */
> - if (kprobe_running()) {
> + if (unlikely(kprobe_running())) {
> p = get_kprobe(addr);

This function does two calls to get_kprobe() (in the recurring-trap case)
where only one is needed.
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