procfs: use faster rb_first_cached()

...  such that we can avoid the tree walks to get the node with the
smallest key.  Semantically the same, as the previously used rb_first(),
but O(1).  The main overhead is the extra footprint for the cached rb_node
pointer, which should not matter for procfs.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170719014603.19029-14-dave@stgolabs.net
Signed-off-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@suse.de>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Davidlohr Bueso 2017-09-08 16:15:15 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent f2686bb486
commit 410bd5ecb2
4 changed files with 17 additions and 15 deletions

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@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ struct proc_dir_entry proc_root = {
.proc_iops = &proc_root_inode_operations,
.proc_fops = &proc_root_operations,
.parent = &proc_root,
.subdir = RB_ROOT,
.subdir = RB_ROOT_CACHED,
.name = "/proc",
};