net: sctp: Optimise the way 'sctp_arg_t' values are initialised.

Even if memset() is inlined (as on x86) using it to zero the union
generates a memory word write of zero, followed by a write of the
smaller field, and then a read of the word.
As well as being a lot of instructions the sequence is unlikely to
be optimised by the store-load forward hardware so will be slow.

Instead allocate a field of the union that is the same size as the
entire union and write a zero value to it. The compiler will then
generate the required value in a register.

Zeroing the union shouldn't be necessary, but this patch series isn't
intended to have a behavioural change.

Signed-off-by: David Laight <david.laight@aculab.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

diff --git a/include/net/sctp/command.h b/include/net/sctp/command.h
index 0e91a42065dbb8758e091d34a687f3a60af85995..589a1918ad55db64fde3239ab37cb43a70d3329b 100644 (file)
--- a/include/net/sctp/command.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/command.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ typedef enum {
 #define SCTP_MAX_NUM_COMMANDS 14
 
 typedef union {
+       void *zero_all; /* Set to NULL to clear the entire union */
        __s32 i32;
        __u32 u32;
        __be32 be32;
@@ -154,7 +155,7 @@ typedef union {
 static inline sctp_arg_t       \
 SCTP_## name (type arg)                \
 { sctp_arg_t retval;\
-  memset(&retval, 0, sizeof(sctp_arg_t));\
+  retval.zero_all = NULL;\
   retval.elt = arg;\
   return retval;\
 }
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ static inline sctp_arg_t SCTP_NOFORCE(void)
 static inline sctp_arg_t SCTP_NULL(void)
 {
        sctp_arg_t retval;
-       memset(&retval, 0, sizeof(sctp_arg_t));
+       retval.zero_all = NULL;
        return retval;
 }
 
@@ -212,7 +213,8 @@ typedef struct {
  */
 static inline int sctp_init_cmd_seq(sctp_cmd_seq_t *seq)
 {
-       memset(seq, 0, sizeof(sctp_cmd_seq_t));
+       seq->next_free_slot = 0;
+       seq->next_cmd = 0;
        return 1;               /* We always succeed.  */
 }