From: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v14 10/10] arm64: Inline el0_svc_common()
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 18:26:20 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260320102620.1336796-11-ruanjinjie@huawei.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260320102620.1336796-1-ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
After converting arm64 to Generic Entry framework, the compiler no longer
inlines el0_svc_common() into its caller do_el0_svc(). This introduces
a small but measurable overhead in the critical system call path.
Manually forcing el0_svc_common() to be inlined restores the
performance. Benchmarking with perf bench syscall basic on a
Kunpeng 920 platform (based on v6.19-rc1) shows a ~1% performance
uplift.
Inlining this function reduces function prologue/epilogue overhead
and allows for better compiler optimization in the hot system call
dispatch path.
| Metric | W/O this patch | With this patch | Change |
| ---------- | -------------- | --------------- | --------- |
| Total time | 2.195 [sec] | 2.171 [sec] | ↓1.1% |
| usecs/op | 0.219575 | 0.217192 | ↓1.1% |
| ops/sec | 4,554,260 | 4,604,225 | ↑1.1% |
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linusw@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>
---
arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
index 77d00a5cf0e9..6fcd97c46716 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ static void invoke_syscall(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned int scno,
choose_random_kstack_offset(get_random_u16());
}
-static void el0_svc_common(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno, int sc_nr,
- const syscall_fn_t syscall_table[])
+static __always_inline void el0_svc_common(struct pt_regs *regs, int scno, int sc_nr,
+ const syscall_fn_t syscall_table[])
{
unsigned long work = READ_ONCE(current_thread_info()->syscall_work);
unsigned long flags = read_thread_flags();
--
2.34.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-03-20 10:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-03-20 10:26 [PATCH v14 00/10] arm64: entry: Convert to Generic Entry Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 01/10] arm64/ptrace: Refactor syscall_trace_enter/exit() to accept flags parameter Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 02/10] arm64/ptrace: Use syscall_get_nr() helper for syscall_trace_enter() Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 03/10] arm64/ptrace: Expand secure_computing() in place Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 04/10] arm64/ptrace: Use syscall_get_arguments() helper for audit Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 05/10] arm64: ptrace: Move rseq_syscall() before audit_syscall_exit() Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 06/10] arm64: syscall: Introduce syscall_exit_to_user_mode_work() Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 07/10] arm64/ptrace: Define and use _TIF_SYSCALL_EXIT_WORK Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 08/10] arm64/ptrace: Skip syscall exit reporting for PTRACE_SYSEMU_SINGLESTEP Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` [PATCH v14 09/10] arm64: entry: Convert to generic entry Jinjie Ruan
2026-03-20 10:26 ` Jinjie Ruan [this message]
2026-04-09 6:29 ` [PATCH v14 00/10] arm64: entry: Convert to Generic Entry Jinjie Ruan
2026-04-09 7:36 ` Mark Rutland
2026-04-10 2:16 ` Jinjie Ruan
2026-04-09 16:14 ` Kees Cook
2026-04-10 2:09 ` Jinjie Ruan
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