Re: [PATCH v8 06/15] futex: Move private hashing into its own function.

From: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior
Date: Wed Feb 05 2025 - 02:51:31 EST


On 2025-02-04 10:34:02 [+0100], Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > index f608cd6ccc032..fdfc3402278a1 100644
> > --- a/kernel/futex/core.c
> > +++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
> > @@ -131,14 +143,9 @@ struct futex_hash_bucket *futex_hash(union futex_key *key)
> > u32 hash;
> >
> > fhb = current->mm->futex_hash_bucket;
> > - if (fhb && futex_key_is_private(key)) {
> > - u32 hash_mask = current->mm->futex_hash_mask;
> > + if (fhb && futex_key_is_private(key))
> > + return futex_hash_private(key, fhb, current->mm->futex_hash_mask);
> >
> > - hash = jhash2((void *)&key->private.address,
> > - sizeof(key->private.address) / 4,
> > - key->both.offset);
> > - return &fhb[hash & hash_mask];
> > - }
> > hash = jhash2((u32 *)key,
> > offsetof(typeof(*key), both.offset) / 4,
> > key->both.offset);
>
> Humph, this is a lot of back and forth. Maybe just do it right once?

I pulled it in little steps and I replaced it step by step.
I stayed with the "smaller" jhash2 because it is less code. We might do
something like hash_long() which is even less. I had numbers at
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241101110810.R3AnEqdu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

But I can pull it in as suggested.

Sebastian