When a timeout of zero is specified, the caller is only interested in the fence status. In the current implementation, dma_fence_default_wait will always call schedule_timeout() at least once for an unsignaled fence. This adds a significant overhead to a fence status query. Avoid this overhead by returning early if a zero timeout is specified. v2: move early return after enable_signaling Signed-off-by: Andres Rodriguez <andresx7@xxxxxxxxx> --- If I'm understanding correctly, I don't think we need to register the default wait callback. But if that isn't the case please let me know. This patch has the same perf improvements as v1. drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c index 0918d3f..57da14c 100644 --- a/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c +++ b/drivers/dma-buf/dma-fence.c @@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ dma_fence_default_wait(struct dma_fence *fence, bool intr, signed long timeout) } } + if (!timeout) { + ret = 0; + goto out; + } + cb.base.func = dma_fence_default_wait_cb; cb.task = current; list_add(&cb.base.node, &fence->cb_list); -- 2.9.3