In both cases the "entry_pa != 0" check is redundant; storing 0 when the field already is 0 is quite fine. Move the cheaper remaining part first in sh_get_ref(). In sh_put_ref() convert the has-up-pointer check into an assertion (requiring the zero check to be retained there).
Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com> --- RFC: Strictly speaking accessing ->up ahead of checking that the type actually has an "up" pointer is UB, as only the last written field of a union may be read. But we have violations of this rule in many other places, so I guess we can assume to be okay-ish here as well. --- a/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h +++ b/xen/arch/x86/mm/shadow/private.h @@ -586,9 +586,7 @@ static inline int sh_get_ref(struct doma sp->u.sh.count = nx; /* We remember the first shadow entry that points to each shadow. */ - if ( entry_pa != 0 - && sh_type_has_up_pointer(d, sp->u.sh.type) - && sp->up == 0 ) + if ( !sp->up && sh_type_has_up_pointer(d, sp->u.sh.type) ) sp->up = entry_pa; return 1; @@ -607,10 +605,11 @@ static inline void sh_put_ref(struct dom ASSERT(!(sp->count_info & PGC_count_mask)); /* If this is the entry in the up-pointer, remove it */ - if ( entry_pa != 0 - && sh_type_has_up_pointer(d, sp->u.sh.type) - && sp->up == entry_pa ) + if ( sp->up == entry_pa ) + { + ASSERT(!entry_pa || sh_type_has_up_pointer(d, sp->u.sh.type)); sp->up = 0; + } x = sp->u.sh.count; nx = x - 1;