ring-buffer: Add unlikelys to make fast path the default
I was running the trace_event benchmark and noticed that the times
to record a trace_event was all over the place. I looked at the assembly
of the ring_buffer_lock_reserver() and saw this:
<ring_buffer_lock_reserve>:
31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
48 83 3d 76 47 bd 00 cmpq $0x1,0xbd4776(%rip) # ffffffff81d10d60 <ring_buffer_flags>
01
55 push %rbp
48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
75 1d jne ffffffff8113c60d <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x2d>
65 ff 05 69 e3 ec 7e incl %gs:0x7eece369(%rip) # a960 <__preempt_count>
8b 47 08 mov 0x8(%rdi),%eax
85 c0 test %eax,%eax
+---- 74 12 je ffffffff8113c610 <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x30>
| 65 ff 0d 5b e3 ec 7e decl %gs:0x7eece35b(%rip) # a960 <__preempt_count>
| 0f 84 85 00 00 00 je ffffffff8113c690 <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xb0>
| 31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
| 5d pop %rbp
| c3 retq
| 90 nop
+---> 65 44 8b 05 48 e3 ec mov %gs:0x7eece348(%rip),%r8d # a960 <__preempt_count>
7e
41 81 e0 ff ff ff 7f and $0x7fffffff,%r8d
b0 08 mov $0x8,%al
65 8b 0d 58 36 ed 7e mov %gs:0x7eed3658(%rip),%ecx # fc80 <current_context>
41 f7 c0 00 ff 1f 00 test $0x1fff00,%r8d
74 1e je ffffffff8113c64f <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x6f>
41 f7 c0 00 00 10 00 test $0x100000,%r8d
b0 01 mov $0x1,%al
75 13 jne ffffffff8113c64f <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x6f>
41 81 e0 00 00 0f 00 and $0xf0000,%r8d
49 83 f8 01 cmp $0x1,%r8
19 c0 sbb %eax,%eax
83 e0 02 and $0x2,%eax
83 c0 02 add $0x2,%eax
85 c8 test %ecx,%eax
75 ab jne ffffffff8113c5fe <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x1e>
09 c8 or %ecx,%eax
65 89 05 24 36 ed 7e mov %eax,%gs:0x7eed3624(%rip) # fc80 <current_context>
The arrow is the fast path.
After adding the unlikely's, the fast path looks a bit better:
<ring_buffer_lock_reserve>:
31 c0 xor %eax,%eax
48 83 3d 76 47 bd 00 cmpq $0x1,0xbd4776(%rip) # ffffffff81d10d60 <ring_buffer_flags>
01
55 push %rbp
48 89 e5 mov %rsp,%rbp
75 7b jne ffffffff8113c66b <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x8b>
65 ff 05 69 e3 ec 7e incl %gs:0x7eece369(%rip) # a960 <__preempt_count>
8b 47 08 mov 0x8(%rdi),%eax
85 c0 test %eax,%eax
0f 85 9f 00 00 00 jne ffffffff8113c6a1 <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xc1>
65 8b 0d 57 e3 ec 7e mov %gs:0x7eece357(%rip),%ecx # a960 <__preempt_count>
81 e1 ff ff ff 7f and $0x7fffffff,%ecx
b0 08 mov $0x8,%al
65 8b 15 68 36 ed 7e mov %gs:0x7eed3668(%rip),%edx # fc80 <current_context>
f7 c1 00 ff 1f 00 test $0x1fff00,%ecx
75 50 jne ffffffff8113c670 <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0x90>
85 d0 test %edx,%eax
75 7d jne ffffffff8113c6a1 <ring_buffer_lock_reserve+0xc1>
09 d0 or %edx,%eax
65 89 05 53 36 ed 7e mov %eax,%gs:0x7eed3653(%rip) # fc80 <current_context>
65 8b 05 fc da ec 7e mov %gs:0x7eecdafc(%rip),%eax # a130 <cpu_number>
89 c2 mov %eax,%edx
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
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