mm/memory.c: do_numa_page(): remove a redundant page table read
authorJohn Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Wed, 28 Feb 2024 03:41:51 +0000 (19:41 -0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Tue, 5 Mar 2024 01:01:27 +0000 (17:01 -0800)
commit6c1b748ebf27befffec83b77ca1960bf70ed6ac9
treef7f95f3c4d79bb6e47a2c89d41a59a553ce6d51d
parentc8b36003121834cb77fcaf8a1ce0a454d7a97891
mm/memory.c: do_numa_page(): remove a redundant page table read

do_numa_page() is reading from the same page table entry, twice, while
holding the page table lock: once while checking that the pte hasn't
changed, and again in order to modify the pte.

Instead, just read the pte once, and save it in the same old_pte variable
that already exists.  This has no effect on behavior, other than to
provide a tiny potential improvement to performance, by avoiding the
redundant memory read (which the compiler cannot elide, due to
READ_ONCE()).

Also improve the associated comments nearby.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240228034151.459370-1-jhubbard@nvidia.com
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/memory.c