[PATCH v9 4/8] block: Fix bio_flagged() so that gcc can better optimise it

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Jan 24 2023 - 12:02:58 EST


Fix bio_flagged() so that multiple instances of it, such as:

if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_REFFED) ||
bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_PINNED))

can be combined by the gcc optimiser into a single test in assembly
(arguably, this is a compiler optimisation issue[1]).

The missed optimisation stems from bio_flagged() comparing the result of
the bitwise-AND to zero. This results in an out-of-line bio_release_page()
being compiled to something like:

<+0>: mov 0x14(%rdi),%eax
<+3>: test $0x1,%al
<+5>: jne 0xffffffff816dac53 <bio_release_pages+11>
<+7>: test $0x2,%al
<+9>: je 0xffffffff816dac5c <bio_release_pages+20>
<+11>: movzbl %sil,%esi
<+15>: jmp 0xffffffff816daba1 <__bio_release_pages>
<+20>: jmp 0xffffffff81d0b800 <__x86_return_thunk>

However, the test is superfluous as the return type is bool. Removing it
results in:

<+0>: testb $0x3,0x14(%rdi)
<+4>: je 0xffffffff816e4af4 <bio_release_pages+15>
<+6>: movzbl %sil,%esi
<+10>: jmp 0xffffffff816dab7c <__bio_release_pages>
<+15>: jmp 0xffffffff81d0b7c0 <__x86_return_thunk>

instead.

Also, the MOVZBL instruction looks unnecessary[2] - I think it's just
're-booling' the mark_dirty parameter.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
cc: linux-block@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108370 [1]
Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108371 [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/167391056756.2311931.356007731815807265.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/ # v6
---
include/linux/bio.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index c1da63f6c808..10366b8bdb13 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static inline void bio_cnt_set(struct bio *bio, unsigned int count)

static inline bool bio_flagged(struct bio *bio, unsigned int bit)
{
- return (bio->bi_flags & (1U << bit)) != 0;
+ return bio->bi_flags & (1U << bit);
}

static inline void bio_set_flag(struct bio *bio, unsigned int bit)