On Fri, 2019-08-16 at 14:48 +, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> __get_datapage() is only a few instructions to retrieve the
> address of the page where the kernel stores data to the VDSO.
>
> By inlining this function into its users, a bl/blr pair and
> a mflr/mtlr pair is avoided, plus a few reg
__get_datapage() is only a few instructions to retrieve the
address of the page where the kernel stores data to the VDSO.
By inlining this function into its users, a bl/blr pair and
a mflr/mtlr pair is avoided, plus a few reg moves.
The improvement is noticeable (about 55 nsec/call on an 8xx)
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