From 10b033d434c25a6c9e0f4f4dc2418af1b8236c63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Zijlstra Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 19:01:40 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] sched/clock, x86: Avoid a runtime condition in native_sched_clock() Use a static_key to avoid touching tsc_disabled and a runtime condition in native_sched_clock() -- less cachelines touched is always better. MAINLINE PRE POST sched_clock_stable: 1 1 1 (cold) sched_clock: 329841 215295 213039 (cold) local_clock: 301773 220773 216084 (warm) sched_clock: 38375 25659 25231 (warm) local_clock: 100371 27242 27601 (warm) rdtsc: 27340 24208 24203 sched_clock_stable: 0 0 0 (cold) sched_clock: 382634 237019 240055 (cold) local_clock: 396890 294819 299942 (warm) sched_clock: 38194 25609 25276 (warm) local_clock: 143452 71232 73232 (warm) rdtsc: 27345 24243 24244 Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Andrew Morton Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-hrz87bo37qke25bty6pnfy4b@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- Reading git-format-patch failed