linux/kernel/sched
Gaurav Jindal (Gaurav Jindal) df55f462b9 sched/idle: Optimize the generic idle loop
Currently, smp_processor_id() is used to fetch the current CPU in
cpu_idle_loop(). Every time the idle thread runs, it fetches the
current CPU using smp_processor_id().

Since the idle thread is per CPU, the current CPU is constant, so we
can lift the load out of the loop, saving execution cycles/time in the
loop.

x86-64:

Before patch (execution in loop):
	148:    0f ae e8                lfence
	14b:    65 8b 04 25 00 00 00 00 mov %gs:0x0,%eax
	152:    00
	153:    89 c0                   mov %eax,%eax
	155:    49 0f a3 04 24          bt %rax,(%r12)

After patch (execution in loop):
	150:    0f ae e8                lfence
	153:    4d 0f a3 34 24          bt %r14,(%r12)

ARM64:

Before patch (execution in loop):
	168:    d5033d9f        dsb     ld
	16c:    b9405661        ldr     w1,[x19,#84]
	170:    1100fc20        add     w0,w1,#0x3f
	174:    6b1f003f        cmp     w1,wzr
	178:    1a81b000        csel    w0,w0,w1,lt
	17c:    130c7000        asr     w0,w0,#6
	180:    937d7c00        sbfiz   x0,x0,#3,#32
	184:    f8606aa0        ldr     x0,[x21,x0]
	188:    9ac12401        lsr     x1,x0,x1
	18c:    36000e61        tbz     w1,#0,358

After patch (execution in loop):
	1a8:    d50339df        dsb     ld
	1ac:    f8776ac0        ldr     x0,[x22,x23]
	ab0:    ea18001f        tst     x0,x24
	1b4:    54000ea0        b.eq    388

Further observance on ARM64 for 4 seconds shows that cpu_idle_loop is
called 8672 times. Shifting the code will save instructions executed
in loop and eventually time as well.

Signed-off-by: Gaurav Jindal <gaurav.jindal@spreadtrum.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Sanjeev Yadav <sanjeev.yadav@spreadtrum.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mike Galbraith <efault@gmx.de>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20160512101330.GA488@gauravjindalubtnb.del.spreadtrum.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
2016-06-03 09:18:56 +02:00
..
auto_group.c sched/core: Move the sched_to_prio[] arrays out of line 2015-12-04 10:34:46 +01:00
auto_group.h sched, timer: Convert usages of ACCESS_ONCE() in the scheduler to READ_ONCE()/WRITE_ONCE() 2015-05-08 12:11:32 +02:00
clock.c sched/clock: Make local_clock()/cpu_clock() inline 2016-04-13 12:25:22 +02:00
completion.c sched/completion: Serialize completion_done() with complete() 2015-02-18 14:27:40 +01:00
core.c sched/core: Fix remote wakeups 2016-05-25 08:35:18 +02:00
cpuacct.c sched/cpuacct: Check for NULL when using task_pt_regs() 2016-04-13 13:22:37 +02:00
cpuacct.h sched/cpuacct: Simplify the cpuacct code 2016-03-21 11:00:28 +01:00
cpudeadline.c sched/core: Use tsk_cpus_allowed() instead of accessing ->cpus_allowed 2016-05-12 09:55:35 +02:00
cpudeadline.h sched/deadline: Unify dl_time_before() usage 2015-09-23 09:51:25 +02:00
cpufreq_schedutil.c cpufreq: schedutil: Improve prints messages with pr_fmt 2016-05-19 01:02:52 +02:00
cpufreq.c cpufreq: sched: Helpers to add and remove update_util hooks 2016-04-02 01:08:43 +02:00
cpupri.c sched/core: Use tsk_cpus_allowed() instead of accessing ->cpus_allowed 2016-05-12 09:55:35 +02:00
cpupri.h sched/cpupri: Remove unnecessary definitions in cpupri.h 2014-11-16 10:58:59 +01:00
cputime.c sched/cputime: Fix steal_account_process_tick() to always return jiffies 2016-03-08 12:24:56 +01:00
deadline.c sched/core: Provide a tsk_nr_cpus_allowed() helper 2016-05-12 09:55:36 +02:00
debug.c sched/debug: Print out idle balance values even on !CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS kernels 2016-05-05 09:41:09 +02:00
fair.c sched/fair: Fix the wrong throttled clock time for cfs_rq_clock_task() 2016-06-03 09:18:56 +02:00
features.h sched/fair: Convert arch_scale_cpu_capacity() from weak function to #define 2015-09-13 09:52:55 +02:00
idle_task.c locking/lockdep, sched/core: Implement a better lock pinning scheme 2016-05-05 09:23:59 +02:00
idle.c sched/idle: Optimize the generic idle loop 2016-06-03 09:18:56 +02:00
loadavg.c sched/loadavg: Fix loadavg artifacts on fully idle and on fully loaded systems 2016-05-12 09:55:34 +02:00
Makefile cpufreq: schedutil: New governor based on scheduler utilization data 2016-04-02 01:09:12 +02:00
rt.c sched/core: Provide a tsk_nr_cpus_allowed() helper 2016-05-12 09:55:36 +02:00
sched.h Power management material for v4.7-rc1 2016-05-16 19:17:22 -07:00
stats.c sched: use %*pb[l] to print bitmaps including cpumasks and nodemasks 2015-02-13 21:21:37 -08:00
stats.h sched/debug: Make schedstats a runtime tunable that is disabled by default 2016-02-09 11:54:23 +01:00
stop_task.c locking/lockdep, sched/core: Implement a better lock pinning scheme 2016-05-05 09:23:59 +02:00
swait.c wait.[ch]: Introduce the simple waitqueue (swait) implementation 2016-02-25 11:27:16 +01:00
wait.c sched/wait: Fix the signal handling fix 2015-12-13 14:30:59 -08:00