By checking vcpu->requests we can do an early exit and allow gcc to optimize multiple kvm_check_request into one block for the common case (no requests). Signed-off-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/kvm_host.h | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h index 1c9c973..b15b460 100644 --- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h +++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h @@ -1115,6 +1115,8 @@ static inline void kvm_make_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) static inline bool kvm_check_request(int req, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) { + if (likely(!vcpu->requests)) + return false; if (test_bit(req, &vcpu->requests)) { clear_bit(req, &vcpu->requests); -- 2.5.5 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html