From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: catalin.marinas@arm.com (Catalin Marinas) Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 16:21:06 +0100 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] arm64:vdso: Rewrite gettimeofday into C. In-Reply-To: <1492991221-5156-1-git-send-email-apinski@cavium.com> References: <1492991221-5156-1-git-send-email-apinski@cavium.com> Message-ID: <20170424152106.GG25449@e104818-lin.cambridge.arm.com> To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org List-Id: linux-arm-kernel.lists.infradead.org On Sun, Apr 23, 2017 at 04:47:00PM -0700, Andrew Pinski wrote: > This allows the compiler to optimize the divide by 1000. > And remove the other divide. > > On ThunderX, gettimeofday improves by 32%. On ThunderX 2, > gettimeofday improves by 18%. Is this with or without the second patch (removing the ISB)? -- Catalin