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A significant portion of __calc_delta() time is spent in the loop shifting a u64 by 32 bits. Use `fls` instead of iterating. This is ~7x faster on benchmarks. The generic `fls` implementation (`generic_fls`) is still ~4x faster than the loop. Architectures that have a better implementation will make use of it. For example, on x86 we get an additional factor 2 in speed without dedicated implementation. On GCC, the asm versions of `fls` are about the same speed as the builtin. On Clang, the versions that use fls are more than twice as slow as the builtin. This is because the way the `fls` function is written, clang puts the value in memory: https://godbolt.org/z/EfMbYe. This bug is filed at https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?idI406. ``` name cpu/op BM_Calc<__calc_delta_loop> 9.57ms Â=B112% BM_Calc<__calc_delta_generic_fls> 2.36ms Â=B113% BM_Calc<__calc_delta_asm_fls> 2.45ms Â=B113% BM_Calc<__calc_delta_asm_fls_nomem> 1.66ms Â=B112% BM_Calc<__calc_delta_asm_fls64> 2.46ms Â=B113% BM_Calc<__calc_delta_asm_fls64_nomem> 1.34ms Â=B115% BM_Calc<__calc_delta_builtin> 1.32ms Â=B111% ``` Signed-off-by: Clement Courbet <courbet@google.com> Signed-off-by: Josh Don <joshdon@google.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210303224653.2579656-1-joshdon@google.com
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.