Re: [PATCH 2/2] mm, page_alloc: use unlikely() in task_capc()

[Vlastimil Babka]

On 6/16/20 10:29 PM, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2020, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> 
>> Hugh noted that task_capc() could use unlikely(), as most of the time there is
>> no capture in progress and we are in page freeing hot path. Indeed adding
>> unlikely() redirects produces assembly that better matches the assumption and
>> moves all the tests away from the hot path.
>> 
>> I have also noticed that we don't need to test for cc->direct_compaction as the
>> only place we set current->task_capture is compact_zone_order() which also
>> always sets cc->direct_compaction true.
>> 
>> Suggested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
> 
> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@googlecom>

Thanks.

> Thanks for pursuing these, Vlastimil: I'm glad you were able
> to remove a test and branch instead of adding one as I had.
> 
> One little thing, you've probably gone into this yourself and know
> what you've written here is optimal: but I'd rather imagined it with
> "unlikely(capc) && ..." instead of "unlikely(capc && ...)" - no need
> to respond, please just give it a moment's consideration, Acked anyway.

It makes no difference, at least on my gcc10 which seems to be smart enough to
do the right thing. But yeah, your suggestion is more readable and precise and
maybe can work better with a less smart compiler. Thanks.

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