[PATCH 1/4] xen/p2m: Optimize the get_phys_to_machine function a bit.

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Tue Jul 03 2012 - 11:48:50 EST


Running perf tells me that the check for p2m_identity
is done a lot - more than it should.

Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/xen/p2m.c | 2 +-
1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
index 64effdc..161bcdc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/p2m.c
@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@ unsigned long get_phys_to_machine(unsigned long pfn)
* and in p2m_*missing, so returning the INVALID_P2M_ENTRY
* would be wrong.
*/
- if (p2m_top[topidx][mididx] == p2m_identity)
+ if (unlikely(p2m_top[topidx][mididx] == p2m_identity))
return IDENTITY_FRAME(pfn);

return p2m_top[topidx][mididx][idx];
--
1.7.7.6

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