[PATCH v7] powerpc/irq: Inline call_do_irq() and call_do_softirq()

Michael Ellerman patch-notifications at ellerman.id.au
Wed Mar 31 12:09:40 AEDT 2021


On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 23:22:27 +1100, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> call_do_irq() and call_do_softirq() are simple enough to be
> worth inlining.
> 
> Inlining them avoids an mflr/mtlr pair plus a save/reload on stack. It
> also allows GCC to keep the saved ksp_limit in an nonvolatile reg.
> 
> This is inspired from S390 arch. Several other arches do more or
> less the same. The way sparc arch does seems odd thought.

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/irq: Inline call_do_irq() and call_do_softirq()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/48cf12d88969bd4238b8769767eb476970319d93

cheers


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