This 4th of 4 patchsets implements efficient per-char receiving in the N_TTY line discipline. As mentioned in the initial patchset, 'lockless n_tty receive path', casual performance measurements show a 9~15x speedup in end-to-end copying. Most of this patchset factors out modal conditions from the per-char i/o path. For example, regardless of if ISTRIP is set or not, the modal condition, I_ISTRIP(tty), was tested on every char received, despite that ISTRIP can only be set by termios changes. The modes handled by separate code paths are: 1) 'real raw' mode (which was already handled separately) 2) raw mode 3) EXTPROC when ISTRIP and IUCLC are not selected 4) tty closing mode 5) LNEXT mode 6) ISTRIP or IUCLC or IPARMRK set 7) everything else The code duplication is kept to a minimum by carefully factoring out shared slow paths (such as specially handled chars in canonical mode or receiving PARITY or OVERRUN flags); only the per-char loops themselves are duplicated. Peter Hurley (20): n_tty: Fix EOF push handling n_tty: Remove alias ptrs in __receive_buf() n_tty: Move buffers into n_tty_data n_tty: Rename process_char_map to char_map n_tty: Simplify __receive_buf loop count n_tty: Factor 'real raw' receive_buf into standalone fn n_tty: Factor signal char handling into separate fn n_tty: Factor flagged char handling into separate fn n_tty: Factor raw mode receive_buf() into separate fn n_tty: Special case EXTPROC receive_buf() as raw mode n_tty: Factor tty->closing receive_buf() into separate fn n_tty: Factor standard per-char i/o into separate fn n_tty: Eliminate char tests from IXANY restart test n_tty: Split n_tty_receive_char() n_tty: Factor ISTRIP and IUCLC receive_buf into separate fn n_tty: Factor PARMRK from normal per-char i/o n_tty: Remove overflow tests from receive_buf() path n_tty: Un-inline single-use functions n_tty: Factor LNEXT processing from per-char i/o path tty: Remove extra wakeup from pty write() path drivers/tty/n_tty.c | 617 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------- drivers/tty/pty.c | 4 +- drivers/tty/tty_io.c | 1 - include/linux/tty.h | 1 - 4 files changed, 381 insertions(+), 242 deletions(-) -- 1.8.1.2 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-serial" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
