procfs: add num_to_str() to speed up /proc/stat
== stat_check.py
num = 0
with open("/proc/stat") as f:
while num < 1000 :
data = f.read()
f.seek(0, 0)
num = num + 1
==
perf shows
20.39% stat_check.py [kernel.kallsyms] [k] format_decode
13.41% stat_check.py [kernel.kallsyms] [k] number
12.61% stat_check.py [kernel.kallsyms] [k] vsnprintf
10.85% stat_check.py [kernel.kallsyms] [k] memcpy
4.85% stat_check.py [kernel.kallsyms] [k] radix_tree_lookup
4.43% stat_check.py [kernel.kallsyms] [k] seq_printf
This patch removes most of calls to vsnprintf() by adding num_to_str()
and seq_print_decimal_ull(), which prints decimal numbers without rich
functions provided by printf().
On my 8cpu box.
== Before patch ==
[root@bluextal test]# time ./stat_check.py
real 0m0.150s
user 0m0.026s
sys 0m0.121s
== After patch ==
[root@bluextal test]# time ./stat_check.py
real 0m0.055s
user 0m0.022s
sys 0m0.030s
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: remove incorrect comment, use less statck in num_to_str(), move comment from .h to .c, simplify seq_put_decimal_ull()]
[andrea@betterlinux.com: avoid breaking the ABI in /proc/stat]
Signed-off-by: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@jp.fujitsu.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea@betterlinux.com>
Cc: Eric Dumazet <eric.dumazet@gmail.com>
Cc: Glauber Costa <glommer@parallels.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: Paul Turner <pjt@google.com>
Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index aa242dc..7d19816 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -644,6 +644,39 @@
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_puts);
+/*
+ * A helper routine for putting decimal numbers without rich format of printf().
+ * only 'unsigned long long' is supported.
+ * This routine will put one byte delimiter + number into seq_file.
+ * This routine is very quick when you show lots of numbers.
+ * In usual cases, it will be better to use seq_printf(). It's easier to read.
+ */
+int seq_put_decimal_ull(struct seq_file *m, char delimiter,
+ unsigned long long num)
+{
+ int len;
+
+ if (m->count + 2 >= m->size) /* we'll write 2 bytes at least */
+ goto overflow;
+
+ m->buf[m->count++] = delimiter;
+
+ if (num < 10) {
+ m->buf[m->count++] = num + '0';
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ len = num_to_str(m->buf + m->count, m->size - m->count, num);
+ if (!len)
+ goto overflow;
+ m->count += len;
+ return 0;
+overflow:
+ m->count = m->size;
+ return -1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(seq_put_decimal_ull);
+
/**
* seq_write - write arbitrary data to buffer
* @seq: seq_file identifying the buffer to which data should be written