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select: core_sys_select add unlikely branch hint on return path
Adding an unlikely() hint on the n < 0 comparison return path improves
run-time performance of the select() system call, the negative
value of n is very uncommon in normal select usage.

Benchmarking on an Debian based Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285K with
a 6.15-rc1 kernel built with 14.2.0 using a select of 1000 file
descriptors with zero timeout shows a consistent call reduction from
258 ns down to 254 ns, which is a ~1.5% performance improvement.

Results based on running 25 tests with turbo disabled (to reduce clock
freq turbo changes), with 30 second run per test and comparing the number
of select() calls per second. The % standard deviation of the 25 tests
was 0.24%, so results are reliable.

Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@gmail.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250414092426.53529-1-colin.i.king@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-04-21 10:27:58 +02:00
arch A set of final cleanups for the timer subsystem: 2025-04-06 08:35:37 -07:00
block treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
certs sign-file,extract-cert: use pkcs11 provider for OPENSSL MAJOR >= 3 2024-09-20 19:52:48 +03:00
crypto This push fixes reverts the multibuffer hash testing as it is buggy. 2025-04-02 09:14:59 -07:00
Documentation netfs: Update main API document 2025-04-11 15:23:50 +02:00
drivers A set of final cleanups for the timer subsystem: 2025-04-06 08:35:37 -07:00
fs select: core_sys_select add unlikely branch hint on return path 2025-04-21 10:27:58 +02:00
include fs: predict not having to do anything in fdput() 2025-04-08 10:28:07 +02:00
init Miscellaneous scheduler fixes/updates: 2025-04-06 10:44:58 -07:00
io_uring io_uring: always do atomic put from iowq 2025-04-03 08:31:57 -06:00
ipc treewide: const qualify ctl_tables where applicable 2025-01-28 13:48:37 +01:00
kernel Fix a perf events time accounting bug. 2025-04-06 10:48:12 -07:00
lib Kbuild updates for v6.15 2025-04-05 15:46:50 -07:00
LICENSES LICENSES: add 0BSD license text 2024-09-01 20:43:24 -07:00
mm Disable SLUB_TINY for build testing 2025-04-06 10:00:04 -07:00
net treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
rust Kbuild updates for v6.15 2025-04-05 15:46:50 -07:00
samples treewide: Switch/rename to timer_delete[_sync]() 2025-04-05 10:30:12 +02:00
scripts Disable SLUB_TINY for build testing 2025-04-06 10:00:04 -07:00
security mseal sysmap: kernel config and header change 2025-04-01 15:17:14 -07:00
sound soundwire fix for 6.15-rc1 2025-04-06 12:04:53 -07:00
tools selftests/filesystems: add open() test for anonymous inodes 2025-04-07 16:20:15 +02:00
usr kbuild: hdrcheck: fix cross build with clang 2025-03-05 04:06:45 +09:00
virt ARM: 2025-03-25 14:22:07 -07:00
.clang-format clang-format: Update with v6.11-rc1's for_each macro list 2024-08-02 13:20:31 +02:00
.clippy.toml rust: give Clippy the minimum supported Rust version 2025-01-10 00:17:25 +01:00
.cocciconfig
.editorconfig .editorconfig: remove trim_trailing_whitespace option 2024-06-13 16:47:52 +02:00
.get_maintainer.ignore MAINTAINERS: Retire Ralf Baechle 2024-11-12 15:48:59 +01:00
.gitattributes .gitattributes: set diff driver for Rust source code files 2023-05-31 17:48:25 +02:00
.gitignore kbuild: Create intermediate vmlinux build with relocations preserved 2025-03-17 00:29:50 +09:00
.mailmap mailmap: add an entry for Nicolas Schier 2025-04-01 15:20:45 -07:00
.rustfmt.toml rust: add .rustfmt.toml 2022-09-28 09:02:20 +02:00
COPYING COPYING: state that all contributions really are covered by this file 2020-02-10 13:32:20 -08:00
CREDITS Including fixes from netfilter. 2025-04-04 09:15:35 -07:00
Kbuild drm: ensure drm headers are self-contained and pass kernel-doc 2025-02-12 10:44:43 +02:00
Kconfig io_uring: Rename KConfig to Kconfig 2025-02-19 14:53:27 -07:00
MAINTAINERS Kbuild updates for v6.15 2025-04-05 15:46:50 -07:00
Makefile Linux 6.15-rc1 2025-04-06 13:11:33 -07:00
README README: Fix spelling 2024-03-18 03:36:32 -06:00

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.