From: Davidlohr Bueso <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: rbtree: optimize root-check during rebalancing loop The only times the nil-parent (root node) condition is true is when the node is the first in the tree, or after fixing rbtree rule #4 and the case 1 rebalancing made the node the root. Such conditions do not apply most of the time: (i) The common case in an rbtree is to have more than a single node, so this is only true for the first rb_insert(). (ii) While there is a chance only one first rotation is needed, cases where the node's uncle is black (cases 2,3) are more common as we can have the following scenarios during the rotation looping: case1 only, case1+1, case2+3, case1+2+3, case3 only, etc. This patch, therefore, adds an unlikely() optimization to this conditional. When profiling with CONFIG_PROFILE_ANNOTATED_BRANCHES, a kernel build shows that the incorrect rate is less than 15%, and for workloads that involve insert mostly trees overtime tend to have less than 2% incorrect rate. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170719014603.19029-3-dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/rbtree.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff -puN lib/rbtree.c~rbtree-optimize-root-check-during-rebalancing-loop lib/rbtree.c --- a/lib/rbtree.c~rbtree-optimize-root-check-during-rebalancing-loop +++ a/lib/rbtree.c @@ -105,16 +105,25 @@ __rb_insert(struct rb_node *node, struct while (true) { /* - * Loop invariant: node is red - * - * If there is a black parent, we are done. - * Otherwise, take some corrective action as we don't - * want a red root or two consecutive red nodes. + * Loop invariant: node is red. */ - if (!parent) { + if (unlikely(!parent)) { + /* + * The inserted node is root. Either this is the + * first node, or we recursed at Case 1 below and + * are no longer violating 4). + */ rb_set_parent_color(node, NULL, RB_BLACK); break; - } else if (rb_is_black(parent)) + } + + /* + * If there is a black parent, we are done. + * Otherwise, take some corrective action as, + * per 4), we don't want a red root or two + * consecutive red nodes. + */ + if(rb_is_black(parent)) break; gparent = rb_red_parent(parent); _ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html