Re: [PATCH] Optimise tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick() a bit

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Thu Feb 28 2008 - 20:17:35 EST


On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 15:10:50 +0100 Karsten Wiese <fzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Call
> ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
> and
> cpu = smp_processor_id();
> once instead of twice.
>
> No functional change done, as changed code runs with local irq off.
> Reduces source lines and text size (20bytes on x86_64).
>
> Signed-off-by: Karsten Wiese <fzu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 6 ++----
> 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> index 686da82..851a852 100644
> --- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> +++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
> @@ -158,9 +158,8 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
> }
> }
>
> -static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(int cpu)
> +static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)

Argument `cpu' is now unused.

> {
> - struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
> ktime_t now, delta;
>
> now = ktime_get();
> @@ -201,8 +200,8 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(void)
> local_irq_save(flags);
>
> cpu = smp_processor_id();
> - now = tick_nohz_start_idle(cpu);
> ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
> + now = tick_nohz_start_idle(cpu, ts);
>
> /*
> * If this cpu is offline and it is the one which updates
> @@ -222,7 +221,6 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(void)
> if (need_resched())
> goto end;
>
> - cpu = smp_processor_id();
> if (unlikely(local_softirq_pending())) {
> static int ratelimit;
>


--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c~optimise-tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick-a-bit-fix
+++ a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_idle(int cpu)
}
}

-static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(int cpu, struct tick_sched *ts)
+static ktime_t tick_nohz_start_idle(struct tick_sched *ts)
{
ktime_t now, delta;

@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ void tick_nohz_stop_sched_tick(void)

cpu = smp_processor_id();
ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
- now = tick_nohz_start_idle(cpu, ts);
+ now = tick_nohz_start_idle(ts);

/*
* If this cpu is offline and it is the one which updates
_

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