bitops: let the compiler optimize {__,}assign_bit()
Since commit b03fc117 ("bitops: let optimize out non-atomic bitops on compile-time constants"), the compilers are able to expand inline bitmap operations to compile-time initializers when possible. However, during the round of replacement if-__set-else-__clear with __assign_bit() as per Andy's advice, bloat-o-meter showed +1024 bytes difference in object code size for one module (even one function), where the pattern: DECLARE_BITMAP(foo) = { }; // on the stack, zeroed if (a) __set_bit(const_bit_num, foo); if (b) __set_bit(another_const_bit_num, foo); ... is heavily used, although there should be no difference: the bitmap is zeroed, so the second half of __assign_bit() should be compiled-out as a no-op. I either missed the fact that __assign_bit() has bitmap pointer marked as `volatile` (as we usually do for bitops) or was hoping that the compilers would at least try to look past the `volatile` for __always_inline functions. Anyhow, due to that attribute, the compilers were always compiling the whole expression and no mentioned compile-time optimizations were working. Convert __assign_bit() to a macro since it's a very simple if-else and all of the checks are performed inside __set_bit() and __clear_bit(), thus that wrapper has to be as transparent as possible. After that change, despite it showing only -20 bytes change for vmlinux (due to that it's still relatively unpopular), no drastic code size changes happen when replacing if-set-else-clear for onstack bitmaps with __assign_bit(), meaning the compiler now expands them to the actual operations will all the expected optimizations. Atomic assign_bit() is less affected due to its nature, but let's convert it to a macro as well to keep the code consistent and not leave a place for possible suboptimal codegen. Moreover, with certain kernel configuration it actually gives some saves (x86): do_ip_setsockopt 4154 4099 -55 Suggested-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> # assign_bit(), too Cc: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com> Reviewed-by: Przemek Kitszel <przemyslaw.kitszel@intel.com> Acked-by: Yury Norov <yury.norov@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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