[PATCH v2] rust_binder: speed up get_node_debug_info using lower_bound iter

Rafael Passos <[email protected]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:31:03 -0300
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.rust-for-linux
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Finding the next node in the RBTree can be done more efficiently using
the cursor_lower_bound, as it reduces cost from O(n) to O(log n).

Link: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1249
Suggested-by: Alice Ryhl <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Rafael Passos <[email protected]>
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V1: https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/[email protected]/
Changes from V1:
    - remove the "if/else" block checking if the current>prt.
      The cursor_lower_bound function returns the "key" or the next larger.
      This is indeed better, my check was unnecessary.
    - add a comment about this fact before the cursor_lower_bound


It took me a while to get the AOSP + Cuttlefish setup running, and
using the rust binder module. I got it working, and ran:
libhwbinder_benchmark libbinder_benchmark, hwbinderThroughputTest
            libhwbinder_latency and binderThroughputTest benches.
But apparently none of them used the function I touched (I added log).
Also, the "hw" variants like hwbinderThroughputTest kept logging a
 "worker_fx:217 condition:service->isRemote() failed" message.
I decided to send the v2 anyway.

I am thinking about writing a benchmark focused on node scaling
    (test N iterations with X nodes), and run with small and larger Xs.)
Would such a benchmark be welcome here in upstream mainline ?
It would be in either C or Rust (the AOSP ones are in C++).
Would it live under `tools/perf` ?

I looked at the kunit tests (`drivers/android/tests`) and they dont
cover the rust binder either. That's another thing I could try to add.


I'd love some feedback regarding next steps :)
Thanks,
Rafael Passos


 drivers/android/binder/process.rs | 9 ++++-----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
index cdd1a90797266..68c9384fbf69f 100644
--- a/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
+++ b/drivers/android/binder/process.rs
@@ -1174,11 +1174,10 @@ fn get_node_debug_info(&self, data: UserSlice) -> Result {
 
         {
             let inner = self.inner.lock();
-            for (node_ptr, node) in &inner.nodes {
-                if *node_ptr > ptr {
-                    node.populate_debug_info(&mut out, &inner);
-                    break;
-                }
+            // cursor_lower_bound retrieves the "key" passed or the next existing larger key
+            if let Some(cursor) = inner.nodes.cursor_lower_bound(&(ptr+1)){
+                let (_, node) = cursor.current();
+                node.populate_debug_info(&mut out, &inner);
             }
         }
 
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