Re: [RFC][PATCH] reuse ktime in sub-functions of tick_check_idle.

From: Martin Schwidefsky
Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 03:40:35 EST


On Sat, 18 Jul 2009 16:14:56 +0200
Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> * Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >
> > before:
> >
> > 0) | tick_check_idle() {
> > 0) | tick_nohz_stop_idle() {
> > 0) | ktime_get() {
> > 0) | read_tod_clock() {
> > 0) 0.601 us | }
> > 0) 1.765 us | }
> > 0) 3.047 us | }
> > 0) | ktime_get() {
> > 0) | read_tod_clock() {
> > 0) 0.570 us | }
> > 0) 1.727 us | }
> > 0) | tick_do_update_jiffies64() {
> > 0) 0.609 us | }
> > 0) 8.055 us | }
> >
> > after:
> >
> > 0) | tick_check_idle() {
> > 0) | ktime_get() {
> > 0) | read_tod_clock() {
> > 0) 0.617 us | }
> > 0) 1.773 us | }
> > 0) | tick_do_update_jiffies64() {
> > 0) 0.593 us | }
> > 0) 4.477 us | }
>
> Nice!

Yes, isn't it? I currently looking at the cpu wakeup path and try to
make it faster. The biggest one is probably the ktime_get optimization
but this one seems worthwhile as well.

> > @@ -579,22 +574,18 @@ static void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(voi
> > * timer and do not touch the other magic bits which need to be done
> > * when idle is left.
> > */
> > -static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu)
> > +static void tick_nohz_kick_tick(int cpu, ktime_t now)
> > {
> > #if 0
>
> hm?

You mean the tick_nohz_kick_tick function? Seems like old ballast, I
have no idea who might want to uncomment the #if 0 ever again. But if
they do the function should work, no?

> > @@ -614,11 +605,22 @@ static inline void tick_nohz_switch_to_n
> > */
> > void tick_check_idle(int cpu)
> > {
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
> > + struct tick_sched *ts;
> > +#endif
> > +
> > tick_check_oneshot_broadcast(cpu);
> > #ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
> > - tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu);
> > - tick_nohz_update_jiffies();
> > - tick_nohz_kick_tick(cpu);
> > + ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
> > + if (ts->idle_active || ts->tick_stopped) {
> > + ktime_t now = ktime_get();
> > + if (ts->idle_active)
> > + tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu, now);
> > + if (ts->tick_stopped) {
> > + tick_nohz_update_jiffies(now);
> > + tick_nohz_kick_tick(cpu, now);
> > + }
> > + }
> > #endif
>
> Those ifdefs look quite ugly, dont they?

How about another inline function then:

@@ -603,9 +594,26 @@
#endif
}

+static inline void tick_check_nohz(int cpu)
+{
+ struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+ ktime_t now;
+
+ if (!ts->idle_active && !ts->tick_stopped)
+ return;
+ now = ktime_get();
+ if (ts->idle_active)
+ tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu, now);
+ if (ts->tick_stopped) {
+ tick_nohz_update_jiffies(now);
+ tick_nohz_kick_tick(cpu, now);
+ }
+}
+
#else

static inline void tick_nohz_switch_to_nohz(void) { }
+static inline void tick_check_nohz(int cpu) { }

#endif /* NO_HZ */

@@ -615,11 +623,7 @@
void tick_check_idle(int cpu)
{
tick_check_oneshot_broadcast(cpu);
-#ifdef CONFIG_NO_HZ
- tick_nohz_stop_idle(cpu);
- tick_nohz_update_jiffies();
- tick_nohz_kick_tick(cpu);
-#endif
+ tick_check_nohz(cpu);
}

/*


--
blue skies,
Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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