From: "Steven Rostedt (VMware)" <rost...@goodmis.org> It is the uncommon case where an event crosses a sub buffer boundary (page) mark that check at the end of reserving an event as unlikely.
Suggested-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoy...@efficios.com> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (VMware) <rost...@goodmis.org> --- kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c index ed1941304f69..888bc9177937 100644 --- a/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c +++ b/kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c @@ -3260,7 +3260,7 @@ __rb_reserve_next(struct ring_buffer_per_cpu *cpu_buffer, * If this is the first commit on the page, then update * its timestamp. */ - if (!tail) + if (unlikely(!tail)) tail_page->page->time_stamp = info->ts; /* account for these added bytes */ -- 2.26.2