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H A Dbase.cd5a572a4 Tue Mar 12 01:28:51 CDT 2019 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> proc: calculate end pointer for /proc/*/* lookup at compile time

Compilers like to transform loops like

for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
[use p[i]]
}

into
for (p = p0; p < end; p++) {
...
}

Do it by hand, so that it results in overall simpler loop
and smaller code.

Space savings:

$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter ../vmlinux-001 ../obj/vmlinux
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/1 up/down: 4/-9 (-5)
Function old new delta
proc_tid_base_lookup 17 19 +2
proc_tgid_base_lookup 17 19 +2
proc_pident_lookup 179 170 -9

The same could be done to proc_pident_readdir(), but the code becomes
bigger for some reason.

[sfr@canb.auug.org.au: merge fix for proc_pident_lookup() API change]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190131160135.4a8ae70b@canb.auug.org.au
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190114200422.GB9680@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
d5a572a4 Tue Mar 12 01:28:51 CDT 2019 Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com> proc: calculate end pointer for /proc/*/* lookup at compile time

Compilers like to transform loops like

for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
[use p[i]]
}

into
for (p = p0; p < end; p++) {
...
}

Do it by hand, so that it results in overall simpler loop
and smaller code.

Space savings:

$ ./scripts/bloat-o-meter ../vmlinux-001 ../obj/vmlinux
add/remove: 0/0 grow/shrink: 2/1 up/down: 4/-9 (-5)
Function old new delta
proc_tid_base_lookup 17 19 +2
proc_tgid_base_lookup 17 19 +2
proc_pident_lookup 179 170 -9

The same could be done to proc_pident_readdir(), but the code becomes
bigger for some reason.

[sfr@canb.auug.org.au: merge fix for proc_pident_lookup() API change]
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190131160135.4a8ae70b@canb.auug.org.au
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190114200422.GB9680@avx2
Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Cc: James Morris <jmorris@namei.org>
Cc: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@gmail.com>
Cc: Casey Schaufler <casey@schaufler-ca.com>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>