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SubjectRe: [PATCH v9 4/8] block: Fix bio_flagged() so that gcc can better optimise it
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On 1/24/23 09:01, David Howells wrote:
> Fix bio_flagged() so that multiple instances of it, such as:
>
> if (bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_REFFED) ||
> bio_flagged(bio, BIO_PAGE_PINNED))
>
> can be combined by the gcc optimiser into a single test in assembly
> (arguably, this is a compiler optimisation issue[1]).
>
> The missed optimisation stems from bio_flagged() comparing the result of
> the bitwise-AND to zero. This results in an out-of-line bio_release_page()
> being compiled to something like:
>
> <+0>: mov 0x14(%rdi),%eax
> <+3>: test $0x1,%al
> <+5>: jne 0xffffffff816dac53 <bio_release_pages+11>
> <+7>: test $0x2,%al
> <+9>: je 0xffffffff816dac5c <bio_release_pages+20>
> <+11>: movzbl %sil,%esi
> <+15>: jmp 0xffffffff816daba1 <__bio_release_pages>
> <+20>: jmp 0xffffffff81d0b800 <__x86_return_thunk>
>
> However, the test is superfluous as the return type is bool. Removing it
> results in:
>
> <+0>: testb $0x3,0x14(%rdi)
> <+4>: je 0xffffffff816e4af4 <bio_release_pages+15>
> <+6>: movzbl %sil,%esi
> <+10>: jmp 0xffffffff816dab7c <__bio_release_pages>
> <+15>: jmp 0xffffffff81d0b7c0 <__x86_return_thunk>
>
> instead.
>
> Also, the MOVZBL instruction looks unnecessary[2] - I think it's just
> 're-booling' the mark_dirty parameter.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
> cc: linux-block@vger.kernel.org
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108370 [1]
> Link: https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=108371 [2]
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/167391056756.2311931.356007731815807265.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v6
> ---
> include/linux/bio.h | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
> index c1da63f6c808..10366b8bdb13 100644
> --- a/include/linux/bio.h
> +++ b/include/linux/bio.h
> @@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ static inline void bio_cnt_set(struct bio *bio, unsigned int count)
>
> static inline bool bio_flagged(struct bio *bio, unsigned int bit)
> {
> - return (bio->bi_flags & (1U << bit)) != 0;
> + return bio->bi_flags & (1U << bit);
> }
>
> static inline void bio_set_flag(struct bio *bio, unsigned int bit)
>

I don't know how you noticed that this was even a problem! Neatly
fixed.

Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>

thanks,
--
John Hubbard
NVIDIA

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