From 0ce58bae851dc3728af1c0b83905cd6b4565417a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] perf: net_dropmonitor: Use bisection in symbol lookup

Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
---
 tools/perf/scripts/python/net_dropmonitor.py | 22 ++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/perf/scripts/python/net_dropmonitor.py b/tools/perf/scripts/python/net_dropmonitor.py
index 6acdc82ef47f..32fcee05c0f6 100755
--- a/tools/perf/scripts/python/net_dropmonitor.py
+++ b/tools/perf/scripts/python/net_dropmonitor.py
@@ -40,10 +40,24 @@ def get_kallsyms_table():
 
 def get_sym(sloc):
 	loc = int(sloc)
-	for symloc, name in kallsyms[::-1]:
-		if loc >= symloc:
-			return (name, loc - symloc)
-	return (None, 0)
+
+	# Invariant: kallsyms[i][0] <= loc for all 0 <= i <= start
+	#            kallsyms[i][0] > loc for all end <= i < len(kallsyms)
+	start, end = -1, len(kallsyms)
+	while end != start + 1:
+		pivot = (start + end) // 2
+		if loc < kallsyms[pivot][0]:
+			end = pivot
+		else:
+			start = pivot
+
+	# Now (start == -1 or kallsyms[start][0] <= loc)
+	# and (start == len(kallsyms) - 1 or loc < kallsyms[start + 1][0])
+	if start >= 0:
+		symloc, name = kallsyms[start]
+		return (name, loc - symloc)
+	else:
+		return (None, 0)
 
 def print_drop_table():
 	print "%25s %25s %25s" % ("LOCATION", "OFFSET", "COUNT")
-- 
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