Re: [PATCH v13 9/9] lib/nodemask: Optimize node_random for nodemask with single NUMA node

From: Aneesh Kumar K V
Date: Tue Aug 09 2022 - 01:43:48 EST


On 8/9/22 8:43 AM, Huang, Ying wrote:
> "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> The most common case for certain node_random usage (demotion nodemask) is with
>> nodemask weight 1. We can avoid calling get_random_init() in that case and
>> always return the only node set in the nodemask.
>
> I think that this patch can sit between [5/9] and [6/9], just after it
> is used.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> lib/nodemask.c | 15 ++++++++++++---
>> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/lib/nodemask.c b/lib/nodemask.c
>> index e22647f5181b..c91a6b0404a5 100644
>> --- a/lib/nodemask.c
>> +++ b/lib/nodemask.c
>> @@ -20,12 +20,21 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__next_node_in);
>> */
>> int node_random(const nodemask_t *maskp)
>> {
>> - int w, bit = NUMA_NO_NODE;
>> + int w, bit;
>>
>> w = nodes_weight(*maskp);
>> - if (w)
>> + switch (w) {
>> + case 0:
>> + bit = NUMA_NO_NODE;
>> + break;
>> + case 1:
>> + bit = __first_node(maskp);
>
> Per my understanding, first_node() is the formal API and we should use
> that? Just like we use nodes_weight() instead of __nodes_weight().
>

updated.

-aneesh