[PATCH] mbcache: LLVMLinux: Remove double calculation from mbcache

From: behanw
Date: Tue Apr 22 2014 - 01:20:33 EST


From: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@xxxxxxxxx>

The call to __builtin_log2 presumes there is a
double log2(double x) function defined in the kernel.

The call to hash_log is a call to hash_64 which is
defined in include/linux/hash.h

static __always_inline u64 hash_64(u64 val, unsigned int bits)

That means that __builtin_log2(NR_BG_LOCKS) is converting
NR_BG_LOCKS to a double and returning a double and then that
is converted to an unsigned int.

Using ilog2 is much more appropriate and efficient.

Another side effect of using __builtin_log2 is that is uses
__aeabi_* functions for ARM that require linking with libgcc.a.

Author: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Mark Charlebois <charlebm@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Behan Webster <behanw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/mbcache.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/mbcache.c b/fs/mbcache.c
index bf166e3..2c0752b 100644
--- a/fs/mbcache.c
+++ b/fs/mbcache.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@

#define MB_CACHE_WRITER ((unsigned short)~0U >> 1)

-#define MB_CACHE_ENTRY_LOCK_BITS __builtin_log2(NR_BG_LOCKS)
+#define MB_CACHE_ENTRY_LOCK_BITS ilog2(NR_BG_LOCKS)
#define MB_CACHE_ENTRY_LOCK_INDEX(ce) \
(hash_long((unsigned long)ce, MB_CACHE_ENTRY_LOCK_BITS))

--
1.8.3.2

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