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author | Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com> | 2008-02-06 01:37:49 -0800 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2008-02-06 10:41:08 -0800 |
commit | 15ae02baf025750cd79ef3929c28f7083a088bd2 (patch) | |
tree | 9c79b44e5ec865ff62a451bb6e4882d3f4d5b060 /arch/xtensa/kernel | |
parent | f63fd7e299ee13da071ecfce2b90b58c5e1562b1 (diff) |
lib/extable.c: remove an expensive integer divide in search_extable()
Actual code let compiler generates idiv instruction on x86.
Using a right shift is OK here and readable as well.
Before patch
10: 57 push %edi
11: 56 push %esi
12: 89 d6 mov %edx,%esi
14: 53 push %ebx
15: 89 c3 mov %eax,%ebx
17: eb 22 jmp 3b <search_extable+0x2b>
19: 89 f0 mov %esi,%eax
1b: ba 02 00 00 00 mov $0x2,%edx
20: 29 d8 sub %ebx,%eax
22: 89 d7 mov %edx,%edi
24: c1 f8 03 sar $0x3,%eax
27: 99 cltd
28: f7 ff idiv %edi
2a: 8d 04 c3 lea (%ebx,%eax,8),%eax
2d: 39 08 cmp %ecx,(%eax)
...
After patch
00000010 <search_extable>:
10: 53 push %ebx
11: 89 c3 mov %eax,%ebx
13: eb 18 jmp 2d <search_extable+0x1d>
15: 89 d0 mov %edx,%eax
17: 29 d8 sub %ebx,%eax
19: c1 f8 04 sar $0x4,%eax
1c: 8d 04 c3 lea (%ebx,%eax,8),%eax
1f: 39 08 cmp %ecx,(%eax)
...
Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <dada1@cosmosbay.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/xtensa/kernel')
0 files changed, 0 insertions, 0 deletions