[PATCH 2/2] nohz: don't fetch per_cpu variable before we need it

From: Denys Vlasenko
Date: Fri Apr 25 2014 - 15:57:56 EST


In get_cpu_{idle,iowait}_time_us, we were fetching
per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu) upfront. But them we do
if (!tick_nohz_active)
return -1;
which may make that fetch pointless.
Moving it further down, closer to the usage point.

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Frederic Weisbecker <fweisbec@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Hidetoshi Seto <seto.hidetoshi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando_b1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/time/tick-sched.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
index d78c942..4ffccd0 100644
--- a/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
+++ b/kernel/time/tick-sched.c
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ void tick_nohz_iowait_to_idle(int cpu)
*/
u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
{
- struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+ struct tick_sched *ts;
ktime_t now, idle;
unsigned int seq;

@@ -487,6 +487,8 @@ u64 get_cpu_idle_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
if (last_update_time)
*last_update_time = ktime_to_us(now);

+ ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+
do {
ktime_t start, delta, iowait_exit;

@@ -531,7 +533,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_cpu_idle_time_us);
*/
u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
{
- struct tick_sched *ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+ struct tick_sched *ts;
ktime_t now, iowait;
unsigned int seq;

@@ -542,6 +544,8 @@ u64 get_cpu_iowait_time_us(int cpu, u64 *last_update_time)
if (last_update_time)
*last_update_time = ktime_to_us(now);

+ ts = &per_cpu(tick_cpu_sched, cpu);
+
do {
ktime_t delta, end;

--
1.8.1.4

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