create_branch() is a good candidate for inlining because:
- Flags can be folded in.
- Range tests are likely to be already done.
Hence reducing the create_branch() to only a set of instructions.
So inline it.
It improves ftrace activation by 10%.
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.le...@csgroup.eu>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++--
arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c | 20 --------------------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
index e7c5df50cb4e..4260e89f62b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/code-patching.h
@@ -49,8 +49,26 @@ static inline bool is_offset_in_cond_branch_range(long
offset)
return offset >= -0x8000 && offset <= 0x7fff && !(offset & 0x3);
}
-int create_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
- unsigned long target, int flags);
+static inline int create_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
+ unsigned long target, int flags)
+{
+ long offset;
+
+ *instr = ppc_inst(0);
+ offset = target;
+ if (! (flags & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE))
+ offset = offset - (unsigned long)addr;
+
+ /* Check we can represent the target in the instruction format */
+ if (!is_offset_in_branch_range(offset))
+ return 1;
+
+ /* Mask out the flags and target, so they don't step on each other. */
+ *instr = ppc_inst(0x48000000 | (flags & 0x3) | (offset & 0x03FFFFFC));
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
int create_cond_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
unsigned long target, int flags);
int patch_branch(u32 *addr, unsigned long target, int flags);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
index 58262c7e447c..7adbdb05fee7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/lib/code-patching.c
@@ -230,26 +230,6 @@ bool is_conditional_branch(ppc_inst_t instr)
}
NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(is_conditional_branch);
-int create_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
- unsigned long target, int flags)
-{
- long offset;
-
- *instr = ppc_inst(0);
- offset = target;
- if (! (flags & BRANCH_ABSOLUTE))
- offset = offset - (unsigned long)addr;
-
- /* Check we can represent the target in the instruction format */
- if (!is_offset_in_branch_range(offset))
- return 1;
-
- /* Mask out the flags and target, so they don't step on each other. */
- *instr = ppc_inst(0x48000000 | (flags & 0x3) | (offset & 0x03FFFFFC));
-
- return 0;
-}
-
int create_cond_branch(ppc_inst_t *instr, const u32 *addr,
unsigned long target, int flags)
{
--
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