lib/vdso: Add unlikely() hint into vdso_read_begin()
Place the branch with no concurrent write before the contended case.
Performance numbers for Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6300U CPU @ 2.40GHz
(more clock_gettime() cycles - the better):
| before | after
-----------------------------------
|
150252214 |
153242367
|
150301112 |
153324800
|
150392773 |
153125401
|
150373957 |
153399355
|
150303157 |
153489417
|
150365237 |
153494270
-----------------------------------
avg |
150331408 |
153345935
diff % | 2 | 0
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stdev % | 0.3 | 0.1
Co-developed-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrei Vagin <avagin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Safonov <dima@arista.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Tested-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20191112012724.250792-2-dima@arista.com