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pkt_sched: sch_qfq: improve efficiency of make_eligible
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In make_eligible, a mask is used to decide which groups must become eligible:
the i-th group becomes eligible only if the i-th bit of the mask (from the
right) is set. The mask is computed by left-shifting a 1 by a given number of
places, and decrementing the result.  The shift is performed on a ULL to avoid
problems in case the number of places to shift is higher than 31.  On a 32-bit
machine, this is more costly than working on an UL. This patch replaces such a
costly operation with two cheaper branches.

The trick is based on the following fact: in case of a shift of at least 32
places, the resulting mask has at least the 32 less significant bits set,
whereas the total number of groups is lower than 32.  As a consequence, in this
case it is enough to just set the 32 less significant bits of the mask with a
cheaper ~0UL. In the other case, the shift can be safely performed on a UL.

Reported-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Reported-by: David Laight <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Paolo Valente <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
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paolo-github authored and davem330 committed Jul 11, 2013
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Expand Up @@ -821,7 +821,14 @@ static void qfq_make_eligible(struct qfq_sched *q)
unsigned long old_vslot = q->oldV >> q->min_slot_shift;

if (vslot != old_vslot) {
unsigned long mask = (1ULL << fls(vslot ^ old_vslot)) - 1;
unsigned long mask;
int last_flip_pos = fls(vslot ^ old_vslot);

if (last_flip_pos > 31) /* higher than the number of groups */
mask = ~0UL; /* make all groups eligible */
else
mask = (1UL << last_flip_pos) - 1;

qfq_move_groups(q, mask, IR, ER);
qfq_move_groups(q, mask, IB, EB);
}
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