[PATCH v3] hrtimers: add fast path to hrtimer_get_next_event

From: Stanislav Fomichev
Date: Tue Jun 10 2014 - 05:46:57 EST


> Sigh. Is anybody actually reading and trying to understand what I
> write in reviews?
>
> > Also the lockless check wants a comment why it is correct.
>
> Is it that hard? A comment is NOT a uberlenghty explanation in the
> changelog. A comment starts with /* and ends with */ and is in the
> code.
>
> /*
> * Called with interrupts disabled and therefor
> * protected against a switch to high resolution mode.
> */
>
> That's a comment, right?
Duh, I honestly thought you were talking about more details in the
changelog. How come you didn't like it? Piece of art :-)

Anyway, here is another respin of the patch.
Btw, maybe it also makes sense to convert _irqsave spinlocks to non-irq
ones? If we now have a comment telling we are called with interrupts
disabled, there is no way we need irq safe locks, right?

--

In hrtimer_get_next_event we unconditionally lock/unlock spinlock, even if it's
not required (hrtimer_hres_active() != 0). This patch adds fast path
when highres is active so we don't execute unnecessary operations.

Signed-off-by: Stanislav Fomichev <stfomichev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
kernel/hrtimer.c | 31 ++++++++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/hrtimer.c b/kernel/hrtimer.c
index ba340739c701..245c90e5626b 100644
--- a/kernel/hrtimer.c
+++ b/kernel/hrtimer.c
@@ -1167,23 +1167,28 @@ ktime_t hrtimer_get_next_event(void)
unsigned long flags;
int i;

+ /*
+ * Called with interrupts disabled and therefore
+ * protected against a switch to high resolution mode.
+ */
+ if (hrtimer_hres_active())
+ return mindelta;
+
raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&cpu_base->lock, flags);

- if (!hrtimer_hres_active()) {
- for (i = 0; i < HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES; i++, base++) {
- struct hrtimer *timer;
- struct timerqueue_node *next;
+ for (i = 0; i < HRTIMER_MAX_CLOCK_BASES; i++, base++) {
+ struct hrtimer *timer;
+ struct timerqueue_node *next;

- next = timerqueue_getnext(&base->active);
- if (!next)
- continue;
+ next = timerqueue_getnext(&base->active);
+ if (!next)
+ continue;

- timer = container_of(next, struct hrtimer, node);
- delta.tv64 = hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer);
- delta = ktime_sub(delta, base->get_time());
- if (delta.tv64 < mindelta.tv64)
- mindelta.tv64 = delta.tv64;
- }
+ timer = container_of(next, struct hrtimer, node);
+ delta.tv64 = hrtimer_get_expires_tv64(timer);
+ delta = ktime_sub(delta, base->get_time());
+ if (delta.tv64 < mindelta.tv64)
+ mindelta.tv64 = delta.tv64;
}

raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&cpu_base->lock, flags);
--
1.8.3.2

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