Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86: bpf_jit_comp: simplify trivial boolean return | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:00:59 -0800 |
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On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 10:34 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-11-26 at 09:23 -0800, Alexei Starovoitov wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> wrote: > > > >> > Is there any value in reordering these tests for frequency > >> > or maybe using | instead of || to avoid multiple jumps? > >> > >> probably not. It's not a critical path. > >> compiler may fuse conditions depending on values anyway. > >> If it was a critical path, we could have used > >> (1 << reg) & mask trick. > >> I picked explicit 'return true' else 'return false' here, > >> because it felt easier to read. Just a matter of taste. > > > > There is a size difference though: (allyesconfig) > > > > $ size arch/x86/net/built-in.o* > > text data bss dec hex filename > > 12999 1012 4336 18347 47ab arch/x86/net/built-in.o.new > > 13177 1076 4592 18845 499d arch/x86/net/built-in.o.old > > interesting. Compiler obviously thinks that 178 byte increase > with -O2 is the right trade off. Which I agree with :) > > If I think dropping 'inline' and using -Os will give bigger savings...
This was allyesconfig which already uses -Os
Using -O2, there is no difference using inline or not, but the size delta with the bitmask is much larger
$ size arch/x86/net/built-in.o* (allyesconfig, but not -Os) text data bss dec hex filename 13410 820 3624 17854 45be arch/x86/net/built-in.o.new 16130 884 4200 21214 52de arch/x86/net/built-in.o.old 16130 884 4200 21214 52de arch/x86/net/built-in.o.static
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