x86/percpu: Introduce const-qualified const_pcpu_hot to micro-optimize code generation

Some variables in pcpu_hot, currently current_task and top_of_stack
are actually per-thread variables implemented as per-CPU variables
and thus stable for the duration of the respective task.  There is
already an attempt to eliminate redundant reads from these variables
using this_cpu_read_stable() asm macro, which hides the dependency
on the read memory address. However, the compiler has limited ability
to eliminate asm common subexpressions, so this approach results in a
limited success.

The solution is to allow more aggressive elimination by aliasing
pcpu_hot into a const-qualified const_pcpu_hot, and to read stable
per-CPU variables from this constant copy.

The current per-CPU infrastructure does not support reads from
const-qualified variables. However, when the compiler supports segment
qualifiers, it is possible to declare the const-aliased variable in
the relevant named address space. The compiler considers access to the
variable, declared in this way, as a read from a constant location,
and will optimize reads from the variable accordingly.

By implementing constant-qualified const_pcpu_hot, the compiler can
eliminate redundant reads from the constant variables, reducing the
number of loads from current_task from 3766 to 3217 on a test build,
a -14.6% reduction.

The reduction of loads translates to the following code savings:

        text           data     bss      dec            hex filename
  25,477,353        4389456  808452 30675261        1d4113d vmlinux-old.o
  25,476,074        4389440  808452 30673966        1d40c2e vmlinux-new.o

representing a code size reduction of -1279 bytes.

[ mingo: Updated the changelog, EXPORT(const_pcpu_hot). ]

Co-developed-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Uros Bizjak <ubizjak@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20231020162004.135244-1-ubizjak@gmail.com

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
index bbcc1ca737f0..b86b27d15e52 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/percpu.h
@@ -413,9 +413,9 @@ do {									\
  * accessed while this_cpu_read_stable() allows the value to be cached.
  * this_cpu_read_stable() is more efficient and can be used if its value
  * is guaranteed to be valid across cpus.  The current users include
- * get_current() and get_thread_info() both of which are actually
- * per-thread variables implemented as per-cpu variables and thus
- * stable for the duration of the respective task.
+ * pcpu_hot.current_task and pcpu_hot.top_of_stack, both of which are
+ * actually per-thread variables implemented as per-CPU variables and
+ * thus stable for the duration of the respective task.
  */
 #define this_cpu_read_stable_1(pcp)	percpu_stable_op(1, "mov", pcp)
 #define this_cpu_read_stable_2(pcp)	percpu_stable_op(2, "mov", pcp)