Re: [PATCH][RFC] swsusp: speed up image restoring on x86-64

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> > > The readability of code is also important, IMHO.
> > 
> > It did not seem too much better to me.
> 
> Well, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder. :-)
> 
> Still, it shrinks the code (22 lines vs 37 lines), it uses less GPRs (5 vs 7), it uses less
> SIB arithmetics (0 vs 4 times), it uses a well known scheme for copying data pages.
> As far as the result is concerned, it is equivalent to the existing code, but it's simpler
> (and faster).  IMO, simpler code is always easier to understand.
> 
> 
> > > > If you want cheap way to speed it up, kill cr3 manipulation.
> > > 
> > > Sure, but I think it's there for a reason.
> > 
> > Reason is "to crash it early if we have wrong pagetables".
> > 
> > > > Anyway, this is likely to clash with hugang's work; I'd prefer this not to be applied.
> > > 
> > > I am aware of that, but you are not going to merge the hugang's patches soon, are you?
> > > If necessary, I can change the patch to work with his code (hugang, what do you think?).
> > 
> > I think it is just not worth the effort.
> 
> Why?  It won't take much time.  I've spent more time for writing the messages
> in this thread ... ;-)

Well, I know that current code works. It was produced by C compiler,
btw. Now, new code works for you, but it was not in kernel for 4
releases, and... this code is pretty subtle. And it is hand-made, not
C produced.

So... your code may be better but I do not think it is so much better
that I'd like to risk it.

								Pavel
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