[PATCH] signal: optimise signal_pending()

From: Pavel Begunkov
Date: Mon May 17 2021 - 06:18:26 EST


Optimise signal_pending() by checking both TIF_SIGPENDING and
TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL at once. Saves quite a bit of generated instructions,
e.g. sheds 240B from io_uring alone, some including ones in hot paths.

text data bss dec hex filename
84087 12414 8 96509 178fd ./fs/io_uring.o
83847 12414 8 96269 1780d ./fs/io_uring.o

Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Suggestions on how to make it less disruptive to abstractions are most
welcome, as even the one below fails to generated anything sane because
of test_bit()

return unlikely(test_ti_thread_flag(ti, TIF_SIGPENDING) |
test_ti_thread_flag(ti, TIF_SIGPENDING));

include/linux/sched/signal.h | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/sched/signal.h b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
index 3f6a0fcaa10c..97e1963a13fc 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/signal.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/signal.h
@@ -361,14 +361,14 @@ static inline int task_sigpending(struct task_struct *p)

static inline int signal_pending(struct task_struct *p)
{
+ struct thread_info *ti = task_thread_info(p);
+
/*
* TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL isn't really a signal, but it requires the same
* behavior in terms of ensuring that we break out of wait loops
* so that notify signal callbacks can be processed.
*/
- if (unlikely(test_tsk_thread_flag(p, TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL)))
- return 1;
- return task_sigpending(p);
+ return unlikely(ti->flags & (_TIF_SIGPENDING | _TIF_NOTIFY_SIGNAL));
}

static inline int __fatal_signal_pending(struct task_struct *p)
--
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