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    x86: Replace __get_cpu_var uses · 89cbc767
    Christoph Lameter authored
    __get_cpu_var() is used for multiple purposes in the kernel source. One of
    them is address calculation via the form &__get_cpu_var(x).  This calculates
    the address for the instance of the percpu variable of the current processor
    based on an offset.
    
    Other use cases are for storing and retrieving data from the current
    processors percpu area.  __get_cpu_var() can be used as an lvalue when
    writing data or on the right side of an assignment.
    
    __get_cpu_var() is defined as :
    
    #define __get_cpu_var(var) (*this_cpu_ptr(&(var)))
    
    __get_cpu_var() always only does an address determination. However, store
    and retrieve operations could use a segment prefix (or global register on
    other platforms) to avoid the address calculation.
    
    this_cpu_write() and this_cpu_read() can directly take an offset into a
    percpu area and use optimized assembly code to read and write per cpu
    variables.
    
    This patch converts __get_cpu_var into either an explicit address
    calculation using this_cpu_ptr() or into a use of this_cpu operations that
    use the offset.  Thereby address calculations are avoided and less registers
    are used when code is generated.
    
    Transformations done to __get_cpu_var()
    
    1. Determine the address of the percpu instance of the current processor.
    
    	DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, y);
    	int *x = &__get_cpu_var(y);
    
        Converts to
    
    	int *x = this_cpu_ptr(&y);
    
    2. Same as #1 but this time an array structure is involved.
    
    	DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, y[20]);
    	int *x = __get_cpu_var(y);
    
        Converts to
    
    	int *x = this_cpu_ptr(y);
    
    3. Retrieve the content of the current processors instance of a per cpu
    variable.
    
    	DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, y);
    	int x = __get_cpu_var(y)
    
       Converts to
    
    	int x = __this_cpu_read(y);
    
    4. Retrieve the content of a percpu struct
    
    	DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct mystruct, y);
    	struct mystruct x = __get_cpu_var(y);
    
       Converts to
    
    	memcpy(&x, this_cpu_ptr(&y), sizeof(x));
    
    5. Assignment to a per cpu variable
    
    	DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, y)
    	__get_cpu_var(y) = x;
    
       Converts to
    
    	__this_cpu_write(y, x);
    
    6. Increment/Decrement etc of a per cpu variable
    
    	DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, y);
    	__get_cpu_var(y)++
    
       Converts to
    
    	__this_cpu_inc(y)
    
    Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
    Cc: x86@kernel.org
    Acked-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
    Acked-by: default avatarIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarChristoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
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