[PATCH] asm-generic: force inlining of some atomic_long operations

From: Denys Vlasenko
Date: Thu Feb 04 2016 - 14:45:51 EST


Sometimes gcc mysteriously doesn't inline
very small functions we expect to be inlined. See
https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=66122

With this .config:
http://busybox.net/~vda/kernel_config_OPTIMIZE_INLINING_and_Os,
atomic_long_inc(), atomic_long_dec() and atomic_long_add()
functions get deinlined about 40 times. Examples of disassembly:

<atomic_long_inc> (21 copies, 147 calls):
55 push %rbp
48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
f0 48 ff 07 lock incq (%rdi)
5d pop %rbp
c3 retq

<atomic_long_dec> (4 copies, 14 calls) is similar to inc.

<atomic_long_add> (11 copies, 41 calls):
55 push %rbp
48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
f0 48 01 3e lock add %rdi,(%rsi)
5d pop %rbp
c3 retq

This patch fixes this via s/inline/__always_inline/.
Code size decrease after the patch is ~1.3k:

text data bss dec hex filename
92203657 20826112 36417536 149447305 8e86289 vmlinux
92202377 20826112 36417536 149446025 8e85d89 vmlinux4_atomiclong_after

Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h b/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h
index eb1973b..5e1f345 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/atomic-long.h
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ ATOMIC_LONG_ADD_SUB_OP(sub, _release)
#define atomic_long_xchg(v, new) \
(ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_xchg)((ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *)(v), (new)))

-static inline void atomic_long_inc(atomic_long_t *l)
+static __always_inline void atomic_long_inc(atomic_long_t *l)
{
ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *v = (ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *)l;

ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_inc)(v);
}

-static inline void atomic_long_dec(atomic_long_t *l)
+static __always_inline void atomic_long_dec(atomic_long_t *l)
{
ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *v = (ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *)l;

@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ static inline void atomic_long_dec(atomic_long_t *l)
}

#define ATOMIC_LONG_OP(op) \
-static inline void \
+static __always_inline void \
atomic_long_##op(long i, atomic_long_t *l) \
{ \
ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *v = (ATOMIC_LONG_PFX(_t) *)l; \
--
1.8.1.4