Re: [PATCH] riscv: optimize ELF relocation function in riscv

[Andrew Jones]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2023 at 11:32:12AM +0800, Amma Lee wrote:
> The patch can optimize the running times of insmod command by modify ELF
> relocation function.
> In the 5.10 and latest kernel, when install the riscv ELF drivers which
> contains multiple symbol table items to be relocated, kernel takes a lot
> of time to execute the relocation. For example, we install a 3+MB driver
> need 180+s.
> We focus on the riscv architecture handle R_RISCV_HI20 and R_RISCV_LO20
> type items relocation function in the arch\riscv\kernel\module.c and
> find that there are two-loops in the function. If we modify the begin
> number in the second for-loops iteration, we could save significant time
> for installation. We install the same 3+MB driver could just need 2s.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Amma Lee <lixiaoyun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/module.c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
>  1 file changed, 64 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>

I guess this is a v3 of [1]? But there's no change log here to know
what's different.

[1] 1683881513-18730-1-git-send-email-lixiaoyun@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Thanks,
drew