[PATCH v14 8/8] mm: hugetlb: optimize the code with the help of the compiler

From: Muchun Song
Date: Wed Feb 03 2021 - 22:57:21 EST


We cannot optimize if a "struct page" crosses page boundaries. If
it is true, we can optimize the code with the help of a compiler.
When free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage() returns zero, most functions are
optimized by the compiler.

Signed-off-by: Muchun Song <songmuchun@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 3 ++-
mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c | 13 +++++++++++++
2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index 822ab2f5542a..7bfb06e16298 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -878,7 +878,8 @@ extern bool hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled;

static inline bool is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled(void)
{
- return hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled;
+ return hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled &&
+ is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page));
}
#else
static inline bool is_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled(void)
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
index 8efad9978821..068d0e0cebc8 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.c
@@ -211,6 +211,12 @@ early_param("hugetlb_free_vmemmap", early_hugetlb_free_vmemmap_param);
*/
static inline unsigned int free_vmemmap_pages_per_hpage(struct hstate *h)
{
+ /*
+ * This check aims to let the compiler help us optimize the code as
+ * much as possible.
+ */
+ if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)))
+ return 0;
return h->nr_free_vmemmap_pages;
}

@@ -280,6 +286,13 @@ void __init hugetlb_vmemmap_init(struct hstate *h)
BUILD_BUG_ON(NR_USED_SUBPAGE >=
RESERVE_VMEMMAP_SIZE / sizeof(struct page));

+ /*
+ * The compiler can help us to optimize this function to null
+ * when the size of the struct page is not power of 2.
+ */
+ if (!is_power_of_2(sizeof(struct page)))
+ return;
+
if (!hugetlb_free_vmemmap_enabled)
return;

--
2.11.0