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| author | Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> | 2013-11-28 19:01:40 +0100 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> | 2014-01-13 15:13:17 +0100 |
| commit | 10b033d434c25a6c9e0f4f4dc2418af1b8236c63 (patch) | |
| tree | 6d152d9953a9d8106978dbc84217c1f695df9ffe /arch | |
| parent | 6577e42a3e1633afe762f47da9e00061ee4b9a5e (diff) | |
| download | linux-10b033d434c25a6c9e0f4f4dc2418af1b8236c63.tar.bz2 | |
sched/clock, x86: Avoid a runtime condition in native_sched_clock()
Use a static_key to avoid touching tsc_disabled and a runtime
condition in native_sched_clock() -- less cachelines touched is always
better.
MAINLINE PRE POST
sched_clock_stable: 1 1 1
(cold) sched_clock: 329841 215295 213039
(cold) local_clock: 301773 220773 216084
(warm) sched_clock: 38375 25659 25231
(warm) local_clock: 100371 27242 27601
(warm) rdtsc: 27340 24208 24203
sched_clock_stable: 0 0 0
(cold) sched_clock: 382634 237019 240055
(cold) local_clock: 396890 294819 299942
(warm) sched_clock: 38194 25609 25276
(warm) local_clock: 143452 71232 73232
(warm) rdtsc: 27345 24243 24244
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-hrz87bo37qke25bty6pnfy4b@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c index 53c123537245..6377fb28b958 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/tsc.c @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ #include <linux/clocksource.h> #include <linux/percpu.h> #include <linux/timex.h> +#include <linux/static_key.h> #include <asm/hpet.h> #include <asm/timer.h> @@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ static int __read_mostly tsc_unstable; erroneous rdtsc usage on !cpu_has_tsc processors */ static int __read_mostly tsc_disabled = -1; +static struct static_key __use_tsc = STATIC_KEY_INIT; + int tsc_clocksource_reliable; /* @@ -282,7 +285,7 @@ u64 native_sched_clock(void) * very important for it to be as fast as the platform * can achieve it. ) */ - if (unlikely(tsc_disabled)) { + if (!static_key_false(&__use_tsc)) { /* No locking but a rare wrong value is not a big deal: */ return (jiffies_64 - INITIAL_JIFFIES) * (1000000000 / HZ); } @@ -1193,7 +1196,9 @@ void __init tsc_init(void) return; /* now allow native_sched_clock() to use rdtsc */ + tsc_disabled = 0; + static_key_slow_inc(&__use_tsc); if (!no_sched_irq_time) enable_sched_clock_irqtime(); |