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From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
To: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-m68k@lists.linux-m68k.org,
	linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org,
	Alexey Klimov <aklimov@redhat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>,
	Dennis Zhou <dennis@kernel.org>,
	Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
	Jianpeng Ma <jianpeng.ma@intel.com>,
	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>,
	John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>,
	Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>,
	Rasmus Villemoes <linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk>,
	Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>,
	Stefano Brivio <sbrivio@redhat.com>,
	Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Wolfram Sang <wsa+renesas@sang-engineering.com>,
	Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/14] lib/Kconfig: introduce FAST_PATH option
Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2021 17:15:43 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <YC6EnzFUXDuroy0+@smile.fi.intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210218040512.709186-9-yury.norov@gmail.com>

On Wed, Feb 17, 2021 at 08:05:06PM -0800, Yury Norov wrote:
> This series introduces fast paths for find_bit() routines. It is
> beneficial for typical systems, but those who limited in I-cache
> may be concerned about increasing the .text size of the Image.
> 
> To address this concern, one can disable FAST_PATH option in the config
> and some save memory.
> 
> The effect of this option on my arm64 next-20210217 build is:

(Maybe bloat-o-meter will give better view on this, i.e. more human-readable)

> Before:
> 	Sections:
> 	Idx Name          Size      VMA               LMA               File off  Algn
> 	  0 .head.text    00010000  ffff800010000000  ffff800010000000  00010000  2**16
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE
> 	  1 .text         0115e3a8  ffff800010010000  ffff800010010000  00020000  2**16
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE
> 	  2 .got.plt      00000018  ffff80001116e3a8  ffff80001116e3a8  0117e3a8  2**3
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
> 	  3 .rodata       007a72ca  ffff800011170000  ffff800011170000  01180000  2**12
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
> 	  ...
> 
> After:
> 	Sections:
> 	Idx Name          Size      VMA               LMA               File off  Algn
> 	  0 .head.text    00010000  ffff800010000000  ffff800010000000  00010000  2**16
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE
> 	  1 .text         011623a8  ffff800010010000  ffff800010010000  00020000  2**16
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, READONLY, CODE
> 	  2 .got.plt      00000018  ffff8000111723a8  ffff8000111723a8  011823a8  2**3
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
> 	  3 .rodata       007a772a  ffff800011180000  ffff800011180000  01190000  2**12
> 			  CONTENTS, ALLOC, LOAD, DATA
> 	  ...
> 
> Notice that this is the cumulive effect on already existing fast paths
> controlled by SMALL_CONST() together with ones added by this series.

...

> +config FAST_PATH

I think the name is to broad for this cases, perhaps BITS_FAST_PATH? or BITMAP?

> +	bool "Enable fast path code generation"
> +	default y
> +	help
> +	  This option enables fast path optimization with the cost of increasing
> +	  the text section.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko



  reply	other threads:[~2021-02-18 18:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-02-18  4:04 [PATCH v3 00/14] lib/find_bit: fast path for small bitmaps Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:04 ` [PATCH 01/14] tools: disable -Wno-type-limits Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 02/14] tools: bitmap: sync function declarations with the kernel Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 03/14] arch: rearrange headers inclusion order in asm/bitops for m68k and sh Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 04/14] lib: introduce BITS_{FIRST,LAST} macro Yury Norov
2021-02-18 22:51   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2021-03-12  4:30     ` Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 05/14] tools: sync BITS_MASK macros with the kernel Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 06/14] bitsperlong.h: introduce SMALL_CONST() macro Yury Norov
2021-02-18 23:07   ` Rasmus Villemoes
2021-03-12  5:28     ` Yury Norov
2021-03-12  9:12       ` Rasmus Villemoes
2021-03-12 21:53         ` Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 07/14] tools: " Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 08/14] lib/Kconfig: introduce FAST_PATH option Yury Norov
2021-02-18 15:15   ` Andy Shevchenko [this message]
2021-02-18 19:24     ` Yury Norov
2021-02-19 10:52       ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 09/14] lib: inline _find_next_bit() wrappers Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 10/14] tools: sync find_next_bit implementation Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 11/14] lib: add fast path for find_next_*_bit() Yury Norov
2021-02-18 15:24   ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 12/14] lib: add fast path for find_first_*_bit() and find_last_bit() Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 13/14] tools: sync lib/find_bit implementation Yury Norov
2021-02-18  4:05 ` [PATCH 14/14] MAINTAINERS: Add entry for the bitmap API Yury Norov
2021-02-18 15:28   ` Andy Shevchenko
2021-02-18 15:34     ` Yury Norov
2021-03-12  9:15       ` Rasmus Villemoes

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