Subject: [PATCH 5/9] mm/page_alloc: inline __rmqueue_pcplist

From: Mel Gorman <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2021 11:42:24 +0000

From: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email-masked]>

When __alloc_pages_bulk() got introduced two callers of __rmqueue_pcplist
exist and the compiler chooses to not inline this function.

 ./scripts/bloat-o-meter vmlinux-before vmlinux-inline__rmqueue_pcplist
add/remove: 0/1 grow/shrink: 2/0 up/down: 164/-125 (39)
Function                                     old     new   delta
rmqueue                                     2197    2296     +99
__alloc_pages_bulk                          1921    1986     +65
__rmqueue_pcplist                            125       -    -125
Total: Before=19374127, After=19374166, chg +0.00%

modprobe page_bench04_bulk loops=$((10**7))

Type:time_bulk_page_alloc_free_array
 -  Per elem: 106 cycles(tsc) 29.595 ns (step:64)
 - (measurement period time:0.295955434 sec time_interval:295955434)
 - (invoke count:10000000 tsc_interval:1065447105)

Before:
 - Per elem: 110 cycles(tsc) 30.633 ns (step:64)

Signed-off-by: Jesper Dangaard Brouer <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <[email-masked]>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index 1ec18121268b..d900e92884b2 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -3415,7 +3415,8 @@ static inline void zone_statistics(struct zone *preferred_zone, struct zone *z)
 }
 
 /* Remove page from the per-cpu list, caller must protect the list */
-static struct page *__rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *zone, int migratetype,
+static inline
+struct page *__rmqueue_pcplist(struct zone *zone, int migratetype,
 			unsigned int alloc_flags,
 			struct per_cpu_pages *pcp,
 			struct list_head *list)
-- 
2.26.2