[PATCH 1/3] blk-mq: optimise rq sort function

From: Pavel Begunkov
Date: Thu Nov 28 2019 - 16:12:32 EST


Check "!=" in multi-layer comparisons. The same memory usage, fewer
instructions, and 2 from 4 jumps are replaced with SETcc.

Note, that list_sort() doesn't differ 0 and <0.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
---
block/blk-mq.c | 12 ++++--------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/block/blk-mq.c b/block/blk-mq.c
index 323c9cb28066..f32a3cfdd34e 100644
--- a/block/blk-mq.c
+++ b/block/blk-mq.c
@@ -1668,14 +1668,10 @@ static int plug_rq_cmp(void *priv, struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
struct request *rqa = container_of(a, struct request, queuelist);
struct request *rqb = container_of(b, struct request, queuelist);

- if (rqa->mq_ctx < rqb->mq_ctx)
- return -1;
- else if (rqa->mq_ctx > rqb->mq_ctx)
- return 1;
- else if (rqa->mq_hctx < rqb->mq_hctx)
- return -1;
- else if (rqa->mq_hctx > rqb->mq_hctx)
- return 1;
+ if (rqa->mq_ctx != rqb->mq_ctx)
+ return rqa->mq_ctx > rqb->mq_ctx;
+ if (rqa->mq_hctx != rqb->mq_hctx)
+ return rqa->mq_hctx > rqb->mq_hctx;

return blk_rq_pos(rqa) > blk_rq_pos(rqb);
}
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2.24.0