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time/jiffies: Inline jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs()
authorEric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Tue, 10 Feb 2026 17:02:25 +0000 (17:02 +0000)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:55:52 +0000 (08:55 +0100)
commitb777b5e09eabeefc6ba80f4296366a4742701103
tree44b7fc4cdaae5fc8cd061655d70bce96bc163759
parent192c0159402e6bfbe13de6f8379546943297783d
time/jiffies: Inline jiffies_to_msecs() and jiffies_to_usecs()

For common cases (HZ=100, 250 or 1000), these helpers are at most one
multiply, so there is no point calling a tiny function.

Keep them out of line for HZ=300 and others.

This saves cycles in TCP fast path, among other things.

$ scripts/bloat-o-meter -t vmlinux.old vmlinux.new
add/remove: 0/8 grow/shrink: 25/89 up/down: 530/-3474 (-2944)
...
nla_put_msecs                                193       -    -193
message_stats_print                         2131     920   -1211
Total: Before=25365208, After=25362264, chg -0.01%

Signed-off-by: Eric Dumazet <edumazet@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260210170226.57209-1-edumazet@google.com
include/linux/jiffies.h
kernel/time/time.c