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[v4,11/14] software node: move small properties inline when copying

Message ID 20190911051231.148032-12-dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com (mailing list archive)
State Deferred, archived
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Series software node: add support for reference properties | expand

Commit Message

Dmitry Torokhov Sept. 11, 2019, 5:12 a.m. UTC
When copying/duplicating set of properties, move smaller properties that
were stored separately directly inside property entry structures. We can
move:

- up to 8 bytes from U8 arrays
- up to 4 words
- up to 2 double words
- one U64 value
- one or 2 strings.

Signed-off-by: Dmitry Torokhov <dmitry.torokhov@gmail.com>
---
 drivers/base/swnode.c | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
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diff --git a/drivers/base/swnode.c b/drivers/base/swnode.c
index 83e2a706a86e..1aa6559993ec 100644
--- a/drivers/base/swnode.c
+++ b/drivers/base/swnode.c
@@ -277,6 +277,16 @@  static int property_entry_copy_data(struct property_entry *dst,
 		dst->value = src->value;
 	}
 
+	if (!dst->is_inline && dst->length <= sizeof(dst->value)) {
+		/* We have an opportunity to move the data inline */
+		const void *tmp = dst->pointer;
+
+		memcpy(&dst->value, tmp, dst->length);
+		dst->is_inline = true;
+
+		kfree(tmp);
+	}
+
 	dst->length = src->length;
 	dst->type = src->type;
 	dst->name = kstrdup(src->name, GFP_KERNEL);