kobject: Introduce kset_find_obj_hinted.
One call chain getting to kset_find_obj is:
link_mem_sections()
find_mem_section()
kset_find_obj()
This is done during boot. The memory sections were added in a linearly
increasing order and link_mem_sections tends to utilize them in that
same linear order.
Introduce a kset_find_obj_hinted which is passed the result of the
previous kset_find_obj which it uses for a quick "is the next object
our desired object" check before falling back to the old behavior.
Signed-off-by: Robin Holt <holt@sgi.com>
To: Robert P. J. Day <rpjday@crashcourse.ca>
Reviewed-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/linux/kobject.h b/include/linux/kobject.h
index 7950a37..8f6d121 100644
--- a/include/linux/kobject.h
+++ b/include/linux/kobject.h
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@
}
extern struct kobject *kset_find_obj(struct kset *, const char *);
+extern struct kobject *kset_find_obj_hinted(struct kset *, const char *,
+ struct kobject *);
/* The global /sys/kernel/ kobject for people to chain off of */
extern struct kobject *kernel_kobj;