linux/lib/int_sqrt.c
Peter Zijlstra 3f3295709e lib/int_sqrt: optimize small argument
The current int_sqrt() computation is sub-optimal for the case of small
@x.  Which is the interesting case when we're going to do cumulative
distribution functions on idle times, which we assume to be a random
variable, where the target residency of the deepest idle state gives an
upper bound on the variable (5e6ns on recent Intel chips).

In the case of small @x, the compute loop:

	while (m != 0) {
		b = y + m;
		y >>= 1;

		if (x >= b) {
			x -= b;
			y += m;
		}
		m >>= 2;
	}

can be reduced to:

	while (m > x)
		m >>= 2;

Because y==0, b==m and until x>=m y will remain 0.

And while this is computationally equivalent, it runs much faster
because there's less code, in particular less branches.

      cycles:                 branches:              branch-misses:

OLD:

hot:   45.109444 +- 0.044117  44.333392 +- 0.002254  0.018723 +- 0.000593
cold: 187.737379 +- 0.156678  44.333407 +- 0.002254  6.272844 +- 0.004305

PRE:

hot:   67.937492 +- 0.064124  66.999535 +- 0.000488  0.066720 +- 0.001113
cold: 232.004379 +- 0.332811  66.999527 +- 0.000488  6.914634 +- 0.006568

POST:

hot:   43.633557 +- 0.034373  45.333132 +- 0.002277  0.023529 +- 0.000681
cold: 207.438411 +- 0.125840  45.333132 +- 0.002277  6.976486 +- 0.004219

Averages computed over all values <128k using a LFSR to generate order.
Cold numbers have a LFSR based branch trace buffer 'confuser' ran between
each int_sqrt() invocation.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20171020164644.876503355@infradead.org
Fixes: 30493cc9dd ("lib/int_sqrt.c: optimize square root algorithm")
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Suggested-by: Anshul Garg <aksgarg1989@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@stgolabs.net>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Cc: Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Cc: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Michael Davidson <md@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-11-17 16:10:01 -08:00

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// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
/*
* Copyright (C) 2013 Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@hp.com>
*
* Based on the shift-and-subtract algorithm for computing integer
* square root from Guy L. Steele.
*/
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/export.h>
/**
* int_sqrt - rough approximation to sqrt
* @x: integer of which to calculate the sqrt
*
* A very rough approximation to the sqrt() function.
*/
unsigned long int_sqrt(unsigned long x)
{
unsigned long b, m, y = 0;
if (x <= 1)
return x;
m = 1UL << (BITS_PER_LONG - 2);
while (m > x)
m >>= 2;
while (m != 0) {
b = y + m;
y >>= 1;
if (x >= b) {
x -= b;
y += m;
}
m >>= 2;
}
return y;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(int_sqrt);