Re: [PATCH] ext4: convert to DIV_ROUND_UP() in mpage_process_page_bufs()

[Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@linux.alibaba.com>]

On 2023/3/10 14:27, Yangtao Li wrote:
>> Please don't do this.  This makes the code compile down to a division, which is
>> far less efficient.  I've verified this by checking the assembly generated.
> 
> How much is the performance impact? So should the following be modified as shift operations as well?
> 
> fs/erofs/namei.c:92:    int head = 0, back = DIV_ROUND_UP(dir->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ) - 1;
> fs/erofs/zmap.c:252:    const unsigned int totalidx = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ);
> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:14:#define LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES       (DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_DISTANCE_MAX, PAGE_SIZE) + 1)
> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:56:                                     DIV_ROUND_UP(distance, PAGE_SIZE) + 1 :
> fs/erofs/decompressor.c:70:     unsigned long bounced[DIV_ROUND_UP(LZ4_MAX_DISTANCE_PAGES,
> fs/erofs/data.c:84:     nblocks = DIV_ROUND_UP(inode->i_size, EROFS_BLKSIZ);

Please stop taking EROFS as example on ext4 patches
and they will all be changed due to subpage support.

> 
> Thx,
> Yangtao