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include/linux/kernel.h: rewrite min3, max3 and clamp using min and max
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It appears that gcc is better at optimising a double call to min and max
rather than open coded min3 and max3.  This can be observed here:

    $ cat min-max.c
    #define min(x, y) ({				\
    	typeof(x) _min1 = (x);			\
    	typeof(y) _min2 = (y);			\
    	(void) (&_min1 == &_min2);		\
    	_min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
    #define min3(x, y, z) ({			\
    	typeof(x) _min1 = (x);			\
    	typeof(y) _min2 = (y);			\
    	typeof(z) _min3 = (z);			\
    	(void) (&_min1 == &_min2);		\
    	(void) (&_min1 == &_min3);		\
    	_min1 < _min2 ? (_min1 < _min3 ? _min1 : _min3) : \
    		(_min2 < _min3 ? _min2 : _min3); })

    int fmin3(int x, int y, int z) { return min3(x, y, z); }
    int fmin2(int x, int y, int z) { return min(min(x, y), z); }

    $ gcc -O2 -o min-max.s -S min-max.c; cat min-max.s
    	.file	"min-max.c"
    	.text
    	.p2align 4,,15
    	.globl	fmin3
    	.type	fmin3, @function
    fmin3:
    .LFB0:
    	.cfi_startproc
    	cmpl	%esi, %edi
    	jl	.L5
    	cmpl	%esi, %edx
    	movl	%esi, %eax
    	cmovle	%edx, %eax
    	ret
    	.p2align 4,,10
    	.p2align 3
    .L5:
    	cmpl	%edi, %edx
    	movl	%edi, %eax
    	cmovle	%edx, %eax
    	ret
    	.cfi_endproc
    .LFE0:
    	.size	fmin3, .-fmin3
    	.p2align 4,,15
    	.globl	fmin2
    	.type	fmin2, @function
    fmin2:
    .LFB1:
    	.cfi_startproc
    	cmpl	%edi, %esi
    	movl	%edx, %eax
    	cmovle	%esi, %edi
    	cmpl	%edx, %edi
    	cmovle	%edi, %eax
    	ret
    	.cfi_endproc
    .LFE1:
    	.size	fmin2, .-fmin2
    	.ident	"GCC: (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3"
    	.section	.note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits

fmin3 function, which uses open-coded min3 macro, is compiled into total
of ten instructions including a conditional branch, whereas fmin2
function, which uses two calls to min2 macro, is compiled into six
instructions with no branches.

Similarly, open-coded clamp produces the same code as clamp using min and
max macros, but the latter is much shorter:

    $ cat clamp.c
    #define clamp(val, min, max) ({			\
    	typeof(val) __val = (val);		\
    	typeof(min) __min = (min);		\
    	typeof(max) __max = (max);		\
    	(void) (&__val == &__min);		\
    	(void) (&__val == &__max);		\
    	__val = __val < __min ? __min: __val;	\
    	__val > __max ? __max: __val; })
    #define min(x, y) ({				\
    	typeof(x) _min1 = (x);			\
    	typeof(y) _min2 = (y);			\
    	(void) (&_min1 == &_min2);		\
    	_min1 < _min2 ? _min1 : _min2; })
    #define max(x, y) ({				\
    	typeof(x) _max1 = (x);			\
    	typeof(y) _max2 = (y);			\
    	(void) (&_max1 == &_max2);		\
    	_max1 > _max2 ? _max1 : _max2; })

    int fclamp(int v, int min, int max) { return clamp(v, min, max); }
    int fclampmm(int v, int min, int max) { return min(max(v, min), max); }

    $ gcc -O2 -o clamp.s -S clamp.c; cat clamp.s
    	.file	"clamp.c"
    	.text
    	.p2align 4,,15
    	.globl	fclamp
    	.type	fclamp, @function
    fclamp:
    .LFB0:
    	.cfi_startproc
    	cmpl	%edi, %esi
    	movl	%edx, %eax
    	cmovge	%esi, %edi
    	cmpl	%edx, %edi
    	cmovle	%edi, %eax
    	ret
    	.cfi_endproc
    .LFE0:
    	.size	fclamp, .-fclamp
    	.p2align 4,,15
    	.globl	fclampmm
    	.type	fclampmm, @function
    fclampmm:
    .LFB1:
    	.cfi_startproc
    	cmpl	%edi, %esi
    	cmovge	%esi, %edi
    	cmpl	%edi, %edx
    	movl	%edi, %eax
    	cmovle	%edx, %eax
    	ret
    	.cfi_endproc
    .LFE1:
    	.size	fclampmm, .-fclampmm
    	.ident	"GCC: (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3"
    	.section	.note.GNU-stack,"",@progbits

    Linux mpn-glaptop 3.13.0-29-generic #53~precise1-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jun 4 22:06:25 UTC 2014 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
    gcc (Ubuntu/Linaro 4.6.3-1ubuntu5) 4.6.3
    Copyright (C) 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    -rwx------ 1 mpn eng 51224656 Jun 17 14:15 vmlinux.before
    -rwx------ 1 mpn eng 51224608 Jun 17 13:57 vmlinux.after

48 bytes reduction.  The do_fault_around was a few instruction shorter
and as far as I can tell saved 12 bytes on the stack, i.e.:

    $ grep -e rsp -e pop -e push do_fault_around.*
    do_fault_around.before.s:push   %rbp
    do_fault_around.before.s:mov    %rsp,%rbp
    do_fault_around.before.s:push   %r13
    do_fault_around.before.s:push   %r12
    do_fault_around.before.s:push   %rbx
    do_fault_around.before.s:sub    $0x38,%rsp
    do_fault_around.before.s:add    $0x38,%rsp
    do_fault_around.before.s:pop    %rbx
    do_fault_around.before.s:pop    %r12
    do_fault_around.before.s:pop    %r13
    do_fault_around.before.s:pop    %rbp

    do_fault_around.after.s:push   %rbp
    do_fault_around.after.s:mov    %rsp,%rbp
    do_fault_around.after.s:push   %r12
    do_fault_around.after.s:push   %rbx
    do_fault_around.after.s:sub    $0x30,%rsp
    do_fault_around.after.s:add    $0x30,%rsp
    do_fault_around.after.s:pop    %rbx
    do_fault_around.after.s:pop    %r12
    do_fault_around.after.s:pop    %rbp

or here side-by-side:

    Before                    After
    push   %rbp               push   %rbp
    mov    %rsp,%rbp          mov    %rsp,%rbp
    push   %r13
    push   %r12               push   %r12
    push   %rbx               push   %rbx
    sub    $0x38,%rsp         sub    $0x30,%rsp
    add    $0x38,%rsp         add    $0x30,%rsp
    pop    %rbx               pop    %rbx
    pop    %r12               pop    %r12
    pop    %r13
    pop    %rbp               pop    %rbp

There are also fewer branches:

    $ grep ^j do_fault_around.*
    do_fault_around.before.s:jae    ffffffff812079b7
    do_fault_around.before.s:jmp    ffffffff812079c5
    do_fault_around.before.s:jmp    ffffffff81207a14
    do_fault_around.before.s:ja     ffffffff812079f9
    do_fault_around.before.s:jb     ffffffff81207a10
    do_fault_around.before.s:jmp    ffffffff81207a63
    do_fault_around.before.s:jne    ffffffff812079df

    do_fault_around.after.s:jmp    ffffffff812079fd
    do_fault_around.after.s:ja     ffffffff812079e2
    do_fault_around.after.s:jb     ffffffff812079f9
    do_fault_around.after.s:jmp    ffffffff81207a4c
    do_fault_around.after.s:jne    ffffffff812079c8

And here's with allyesconfig on a different machine:

    $ uname -a; gcc --version; ls -l vmlinux.*
    Linux erwin 3.14.7-mn torvalds#54 SMP Sun Jun 15 11:25:08 CEST 2014 x86_64 AMD Phenom(tm) II X3 710 Processor AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux
    gcc (GCC) 4.8.3
    Copyright (C) 2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
    This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
    warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

    -rwx------ 1 mpn eng 437027411 Jun 20 16:04 vmlinux.before
    -rwx------ 1 mpn eng 437026881 Jun 20 15:30 vmlinux.after

530 bytes reduction.

Signed-off-by: Michal Nazarewicz <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <[email protected]>
Acked-by: Steven Rostedt <[email protected]>
Cc: Hagen Paul Pfeifer <[email protected]>
Cc: David Rientjes <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
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mina86 authored and broonie committed Sep 4, 2014
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32 changes: 5 additions & 27 deletions include/linux/kernel.h
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Expand Up @@ -715,23 +715,8 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
(void) (&_max1 == &_max2); \
_max1 > _max2 ? _max1 : _max2; })

#define min3(x, y, z) ({ \
typeof(x) _min1 = (x); \
typeof(y) _min2 = (y); \
typeof(z) _min3 = (z); \
(void) (&_min1 == &_min2); \
(void) (&_min1 == &_min3); \
_min1 < _min2 ? (_min1 < _min3 ? _min1 : _min3) : \
(_min2 < _min3 ? _min2 : _min3); })

#define max3(x, y, z) ({ \
typeof(x) _max1 = (x); \
typeof(y) _max2 = (y); \
typeof(z) _max3 = (z); \
(void) (&_max1 == &_max2); \
(void) (&_max1 == &_max3); \
_max1 > _max2 ? (_max1 > _max3 ? _max1 : _max3) : \
(_max2 > _max3 ? _max2 : _max3); })
#define min3(x, y, z) min(min(x, y), z)
#define max3(x, y, z) max(max(x, y), z)

/**
* min_not_zero - return the minimum that is _not_ zero, unless both are zero
Expand All @@ -746,20 +731,13 @@ static inline void ftrace_dump(enum ftrace_dump_mode oops_dump_mode) { }
/**
* clamp - return a value clamped to a given range with strict typechecking
* @val: current value
* @min: minimum allowable value
* @max: maximum allowable value
* @lo: lowest allowable value
* @hi: highest allowable value
*
* This macro does strict typechecking of min/max to make sure they are of the
* same type as val. See the unnecessary pointer comparisons.
*/
#define clamp(val, min, max) ({ \
typeof(val) __val = (val); \
typeof(min) __min = (min); \
typeof(max) __max = (max); \
(void) (&__val == &__min); \
(void) (&__val == &__max); \
__val = __val < __min ? __min: __val; \
__val > __max ? __max: __val; })
#define clamp(val, lo, hi) min(max(val, lo), hi)

/*
* ..and if you can't take the strict
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