Re: [PATCH] mm: eliminate function call overhead during copy_page_range()

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sun, Feb 05, 2023 at 03:06:02PM +0000, Hao Lee wrote:
> vm_normal_page() is called so many times that its overhead is very high.
> After changing this call site to an inline function, copy_page_range()
> runs 3~5 times faster than before.

So you're saying that your compiler is making bad decisions?  What
architecture, what compiler, what version?  Do you have
CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL set?

Is there something about inlining it that makes the compiler able to
optimise away code, or is it really the function call overhead?  Can
you share any perf results?