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lib/int_sqrt: optimize small argument
authorPeter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Fri, 17 Nov 2017 23:28:04 +0000 (15:28 -0800)
committerLinus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Sat, 18 Nov 2017 00:10:01 +0000 (16:10 -0800)
commit3f3295709edea6268ff1609855f498035286af73
tree9cfeb38c4610b5992b8212de7482f6ac32336d4c
parentdc2bf000a2848cf1dee373db14ce2cd1fe3ee394
lib/int_sqrt: optimize small argument

The current int_sqrt() computation is sub-optimal for the case of small
@x.  Which is the interesting case when we're going to do cumulative
distribution functions on idle times, which we assume to be a random
variable, where the target residency of the deepest idle state gives an
upper bound on the variable (5e6ns on recent Intel chips).

In the case of small @x, the compute loop:

while (m != 0) {
b = y + m;
y >>= 1;

if (x >= b) {
x -= b;
y += m;
}
m >>= 2;
}

can be reduced to:

while (m > x)
m >>= 2;

Because y==0, b==m and until x>=m y will remain 0.

And while this is computationally equivalent, it runs much faster
because there's less code, in particular less branches.

      cycles:                 branches:              branch-misses:

OLD:

hot:   45.109444 +- 0.044117  44.333392 +- 0.002254  0.018723 +- 0.000593
cold: 187.737379 +- 0.156678  44.333407 +- 0.002254  6.272844 +- 0.004305

PRE:

hot:   67.937492 +- 0.064124  66.999535 +- 0.000488  0.066720 +- 0.001113
cold: 232.004379 +- 0.332811  66.999527 +- 0.000488  6.914634 +- 0.006568

POST:

hot:   43.633557 +- 0.034373  45.333132 +- 0.002277  0.023529 +- 0.000681
cold: 207.438411 +- 0.125840  45.333132 +- 0.002277  6.976486 +- 0.004219

Averages computed over all values <128k using a LFSR to generate order.
Cold numbers have a LFSR based branch trace buffer 'confuser' ran between
each int_sqrt() invocation.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
Fixes: 30493cc9dddb ("lib/int_sqrt.c: optimize square root algorithm")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]>
Suggested-by: Anshul Garg <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <[email protected]>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]>
Cc: Will Deacon <[email protected]>
Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]>
Cc: David Miller <[email protected]>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
Cc: Kees Cook <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Davidson <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
lib/int_sqrt.c
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