On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 12:34:14PM +0000, Leo Yan wrote: > Hi Jisheng, Hi Leo,
> > On Fri, Feb 20, 2026 at 05:09:22PM +0800, Jisheng Zhang wrote: > > Currently, on arm64 platforms, the handle_arch_irq is a pointer which > > is set during booting, and every irq processing needs to access it, > > so it sits in hot code path. We can use the runtime constant mechanism > > which was introduced by Linus to speed up its accessing. > > > > Tested on Quad CA55 platform, the perf sched benchmark is improved > > by ~6.5% > > 6.5% is a quite high margin, especially for only one pointer's change. > Maybe it is good to share more info for which compiler you are using, > how you tested and the detailed results. Sure. aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc version 15.2.0 my kernel defconfig is a minimal arm64 version which disables most drivers, only keep timer, gic, pll/clk, uart, regulator and i2c controller The reason is to avoid OS noise as much as possible. It's also put at the end of the email for reference. testing cmd: perf bench sched pipe testing steps: booting into a buildroot minimal initramfs force cpufreq governor as performance run above cmd testing resuls: before the patch: 9.471988 usecs/op 105574 ops/sec after the patch: 8.896280 usecs/op 112406 ops/sec (112406 - 105574) * 100 / 105574 = ~6.5 % Let me know if you need more details > > I played a bit on my juno board on CA73 cores with the command: IIRC, Juno is powered by a big.little SoC, then we need to ensure the benchmark is always running on big or little cores when testing, to ensure apple to apple comparison. I also have a CA73 platform, but can't access it now. I'll test the patch next week. > > perf bench sched all > > Run 3 iterations, and measures three metrics (messaging/pipe/seccomp) > and results in seconds. Less is better. > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > |Without change | run1 | run2 | run3 | avg | > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > |messaging (sec) | 4.546 | 4.508 | 4.591 | 4.548 | > |pipe (sec) | 24.258 | 24.224 | 24.017 | 24.166 | > |seccomp-notify (sec) | 48.393 | 48.457 | 48.232 | 48.361 | > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > |With change | run1 | run2 | run3 | avg | diff | > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > |messaging (sec) | 4.493 | 4.523 | 4.556 | 4.524 | +0.52% | > |pipe (sec) | 23.159 | 23.702 | 28.649 | 25.170 | -4.15% | If you check the result, this result variance is abnormal, it means your OS is noiser. > |seccomp-notify (sec) | 46.848 | 46.938 | 46.973 | 46.920 | +2.98% | > +---------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ > > With this patch, the messaging test shows a minor improvement (0.52%). > > The pipe test performs worse (-4.15%) after applying the patch. However, > one positive signal is that the minimum latency is 23.159, which is > lower than without the change (24.017). The perf bench is sensitive to OS noise, so I disable most devices, only uart, timer, irq chip, i2c and regulator is kept, and stop all daemons only keep a usespace process bash shell. defconfig for reference: # CONFIG_LOCALVERSION_AUTO is not set CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y CONFIG_NO_HZ_IDLE=y CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y CONFIG_PREEMPT=y # CONFIG_CPU_ISOLATION is not set CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y # CONFIG_RD_GZIP is not set # CONFIG_RD_BZIP2 is not set # CONFIG_RD_LZMA is not set # CONFIG_RD_XZ is not set # CONFIG_RD_LZO is not set # CONFIG_RD_LZ4 is not set # CONFIG_INITRAMFS_PRESERVE_MTIME is not set CONFIG_EXPERT=y # CONFIG_UID16 is not set # CONFIG_SYSFS_SYSCALL is not set CONFIG_PROFILING=y CONFIG_ARCH_BERLIN=y # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_826319 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_827319 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_824069 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_819472 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_832075 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_845719 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1418040 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1165522 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_1463225 is not set # CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_22375 is not set # CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_23154 is not set # CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_27456 is not set # CONFIG_CAVIUM_ERRATUM_30115 is not set # CONFIG_CAVIUM_TX2_ERRATUM_219 is not set # CONFIG_FUJITSU_ERRATUM_010001 is not set # CONFIG_HISILICON_ERRATUM_161600802 is not set # CONFIG_QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1003 is not set # CONFIG_QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_1009 is not set # CONFIG_QCOM_QDF2400_ERRATUM_0065 is not set # CONFIG_QCOM_FALKOR_ERRATUM_E1041 is not set # CONFIG_SOCIONEXT_SYNQUACER_PREITS is not set CONFIG_NR_CPUS=4 CONFIG_HOTPLUG_CPU=y CONFIG_HZ_100=y # CONFIG_UNMAP_KERNEL_AT_EL0 is not set CONFIG_COMPAT=y CONFIG_ARMV8_DEPRECATED=y CONFIG_SWP_EMULATION=y CONFIG_CP15_BARRIER_EMULATION=y CONFIG_SETEND_EMULATION=y # CONFIG_ARM64_HW_AFDBM is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_PTR_AUTH is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_AMU_EXTN is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_SVE is not set # CONFIG_EFI is not set # CONFIG_SUSPEND is not set CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y CONFIG_CPU_IDLE_GOV_TEO=y CONFIG_ARM_PSCI_CPUIDLE=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT=y CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y # CONFIG_VMAP_STACK is not set # CONFIG_BLOCK is not set # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set # CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set CONFIG_CMA=y # CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32 is not set # CONFIG_VM_EVENT_COUNTERS is not set CONFIG_SYNA_DOLPHIN_PLL=y CONFIG_SYNA_CLK_BASE=y CONFIG_SYNA_MYNA2_CLK=y CONFIG_PINCTRL_MYNA2=y CONFIG_USB_DWC3_SYNA=y # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_PCIE is not set CONFIG_REGULATOR_HL7593=y CONFIG_PHY_SYNA_USB=y # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_I2C is not set CONFIG_BERLIN_CHIPID=y CONFIG_BERLIN_AXI_METER=y # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_NET is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_VIDEO is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_SOUND is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_DEVFREQ is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_DMABUF is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_IRQCHIP is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_INPUT is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_BLUETOOTH is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_CLOCKSOURCE is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_DMA is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_TTY is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_LEDS is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_MFD is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_MISC is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_MTD is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_PWM is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_RTC is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_SPI is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_STAGING is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_WATCHDOG is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_MAILBOX is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_RPMSG is not set # CONFIG_SYNAPTICS_CRYPTO is not set CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER=y CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y # CONFIG_ALLOW_DEV_COREDUMP is not set CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y # CONFIG_INPUT_KEYBOARD is not set # CONFIG_INPUT_MOUSE is not set # CONFIG_SERIO is not set # CONFIG_VT is not set # CONFIG_LEGACY_PTYS is not set # CONFIG_LEGACY_TIOCSTI is not set CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y # CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DEPRECATED_OPTIONS is not set CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_NR_UARTS=2 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_RUNTIME_UARTS=2 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_DW=y # CONFIG_HW_RANDOM is not set # CONFIG_DEVPORT is not set CONFIG_I2C=y CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_CORE=y CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y CONFIG_GPIO_DWAPB=y CONFIG_GPIO_FXL6408=y # CONFIG_HWMON is not set CONFIG_MFD_SYSCON=y CONFIG_REGULATOR=y CONFIG_REGULATOR_FIXED_VOLTAGE=y CONFIG_REGULATOR_GPIO=y CONFIG_REGULATOR_TPS6286X=y # CONFIG_HID_SUPPORT is not set # CONFIG_USB_SUPPORT is not set CONFIG_DMABUF_HEAPS=y CONFIG_DMABUF_SYSFS_STATS=y CONFIG_DMABUF_HEAPS_CMA=y # CONFIG_VIRTIO_MENU is not set # CONFIG_VHOST_MENU is not set # CONFIG_SURFACE_PLATFORMS is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_PLATFORM_DEVICES is not set # CONFIG_ARM_ARCH_TIMER_EVTSTREAM is not set # CONFIG_FSL_ERRATUM_A008585 is not set # CONFIG_HISILICON_ERRATUM_161010101 is not set # CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_858921 is not set # CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set CONFIG_RESET_CONTROLLER=y # CONFIG_DNOTIFY is not set # CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR is not set CONFIG_TMPFS=y CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y # CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS is not set CONFIG_DMA_CMA=y CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y # CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY is not set CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y # CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG is not set CONFIG_SOFTLOCKUP_DETECTOR=y CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP=y CONFIG_STACKTRACE=y # CONFIG_RCU_TRACE is not set # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set # CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM is not set # CONFIG_RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU is not set > > For seccomp, the results indicate a benefit (2.98%) from the change. > > Hope this is helpful for maintainers to judge the change. > > I'd leave maintainers to review the code. > > Thanks, > Leo
