Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 16/19] locking/lockdep: Use function pointer to avoid constant checks | From | Bart Van Assche <> | Date | Tue, 19 Mar 2019 09:56:49 -0700 |
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On Mon, 2019-03-18 at 16:57 +0800, Yuyang Du wrote: > +static inline struct list_head *get_forward_dep(struct lock_list * lock) > +{ > + return &lock->class->locks_after; > +} > + > +static inline struct list_head *get_backward_dep(struct lock_list * lock) > +{ > + return &lock->class->locks_before; > +} > + > static int __bfs(struct lock_list *source_entry, > void *data, > int (*match)(struct lock_list *entry, void *data), > struct lock_list **target_entry, > - int forward) > + struct list_head *(*get_dep)(struct lock_list * lock)) > { > struct lock_list *entry; > struct lock_list *lock; > @@ -1392,11 +1402,7 @@ static int __bfs(struct lock_list *source_entry, > goto exit; > } > > - if (forward) > - head = &source_entry->class->locks_after; > - else > - head = &source_entry->class->locks_before; > - > + head = get_dep(source_entry); > if (list_empty(head)) > goto exit; > > @@ -1410,10 +1416,7 @@ static int __bfs(struct lock_list *source_entry, > goto exit; > } > > - if (forward) > - head = &lock->class->locks_after; > - else > - head = &lock->class->locks_before; > + head = get_dep(lock); > > DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()); > > @@ -1445,7 +1448,7 @@ static inline int __bfs_forwards(struct lock_list *src_entry, void *data, > int (*match)(struct lock_list *entry, void *data), > struct lock_list **target_entry) > { > - return __bfs(src_entry, data, match, target_entry, 1); > + return __bfs(src_entry, data, match, target_entry, get_forward_dep); > > } > > @@ -1453,7 +1456,7 @@ static inline int __bfs_backwards(struct lock_list *src_entry, void *data, > int (*match)(struct lock_list *entry, void *data), > struct lock_list **target_entry) > { > - return __bfs(src_entry, data, match, target_entry, 0); > + return __bfs(src_entry, data, match, target_entry, get_backward_dep); > > }
I think this patch makes the code harder to read. Additionally, if the compiler doesn't do conditional folding, this patch introduces an indirect branch and hence will make the lockdep code slower.
Bart.
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