Re: [PATCH] lib/smp_processor_id: Don't use cpumask_equal()

[Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>]

On 10/3/19 4:18 PM, Waiman Long wrote:
> The check_preemption_disabled() function uses cpumask_equal() to see
> if the task is bounded to the current CPU only. cpumask_equal() calls
> memcmp() to do the comparison. As x86 doesn't have __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCMP,
> the slow memcmp() function in lib/string.c is used.
>
> On a RT kernel that call check_preemption_disabled() very frequently,
> below is the perf-record output of a certain microbenchmark:
>
>   42.75%  2.45%  testpmd [kernel.kallsyms] [k] check_preemption_disabled
>   40.01% 39.97%  testpmd [kernel.kallsyms] [k] memcmp
>
> We should avoid calling memcmp() in performance critical path. So the
> cpumask_equal() call is now replaced with an equivalent check that
> makes no external function call.
>
> Signed-off-by: Waiman Long <longman@redhat.com>
> ---
>  lib/smp_processor_id.c | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/lib/smp_processor_id.c b/lib/smp_processor_id.c
> index 60ba93fc42ce..3fee05ac92f8 100644
> --- a/lib/smp_processor_id.c
> +++ b/lib/smp_processor_id.c
> @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ unsigned int check_preemption_disabled(const char *what1, const char *what2)
>  	 * Kernel threads bound to a single CPU can safely use
>  	 * smp_processor_id():
>  	 */
> -	if (cpumask_equal(current->cpus_ptr, cpumask_of(this_cpu)))
> +	if ((current->nr_cpus_allowed == 1) &&
> +	    cpumask_test_cpu(this_cpu, current->cpus_ptr))
>  		goto out;
>  
>  	/*

My bad. The second check isn't really necessary.

Cheers,
Longman