Re: [PATCH v2] of: use hash based search in of_find_node_by_phandle

[Chintan Pandya <cpandya@codeaurora.org>]

>> Scenarios:
>> [1] Cache size 1024 + early cache build up [Small change in your cache
>> patch,
>>      see the patch below]
>> [2] Hash 64 approach[my original v2 patch]
>> [3] Cache size 64
>> [4] Cache size 128
>> [5] Cache size 256
>> [6] Base build
>>
>> Result (boot to shell in sec):
>> [1] 14.292498 14.370994 14.313537 --> 850ms avg gain
>> [2] 14.340981 14.395900 14.398149 --> 800ms avg gain
>> [3] 14.546429 14.488783 14.468694 --> 680ms avg gain
>> [4] 14.506007 14.497487 14.523062 --> 670ms avg gain
>> [5] 14.671100 14.643344 14.731853 --> 500ms avg gain
> It's strange that bigger sizes are slower. Based on this data, I'd pick [3].
>
> How many phandles do you have? I thought it was hundreds, so 1024
> entries would be more than enough and you should see some curve to a
> max gain as cache size approaches # of phandles.
>
1063 phandles for my device. In one of the previous mails, I estimated it to
be few hundreds but I wastoo short of actual number. However, 1063 still
doesn't justify why [4] and [5] are notbetter than [3].

I would still be interested to find out a way to dynamically allocate array
with size near to total # of phandles with pre-stored mapping. And free this
array once done with it. But at present, no idea how will I achieve this. If
you can share any pointers around this, that would help !

Thanks,
Chintan Pandya

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