Hello, thanks for the patch. I have a few comments to it: 1) the patch should have a description in it, not only an email subject 2) usually, if an 'if' branch ends with return, as is the case in your patch, we don't use 'else' for the other branch...
BTW: I'm not convinced your code would be faster (or slower) than the original one but you're right it will be easier to read... Honza > Signed-off-by: Denis Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > --- > fs/dcache.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++--------------------- > 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/dcache.c b/fs/dcache.c > index 678d39d..05ed44a 100644 > --- a/fs/dcache.c > +++ b/fs/dcache.c > @@ -1138,29 +1138,26 @@ struct dentry * d_alloc_anon(struct inode *inode) > > spin_lock(&dcache_lock); > res = __d_find_alias(inode, 0); > - if (!res) { > - /* attach a disconnected dentry */ > - res = tmp; > - tmp = NULL; > - spin_lock(&res->d_lock); > - res->d_sb = inode->i_sb; > - res->d_parent = res; > - res->d_inode = inode; > - res->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; > - res->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED; > - list_add(&res->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry); > - hlist_add_head(&res->d_hash, &inode->i_sb->s_anon); > - spin_unlock(&res->d_lock); > - > - inode = NULL; /* don't drop reference */ > - } > - spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); > - > - if (inode) > + if (unlikely(res)) { > + spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); > iput(inode); > - if (tmp) > dput(tmp); > - return res; > + return res; > + } else { > + /* attach a disconnected dentry */ > + spin_lock(&tmp->d_lock); > + tmp->d_sb = inode->i_sb; > + tmp->d_parent = tmp; > + tmp->d_inode = inode; > + tmp->d_flags |= DCACHE_DISCONNECTED; > + tmp->d_flags &= ~DCACHE_UNHASHED; > + list_add(&tmp->d_alias, &inode->i_dentry); > + hlist_add_head(&tmp->d_hash, &inode->i_sb->s_anon); > + spin_unlock(&tmp->d_lock); > + > + spin_unlock(&dcache_lock); > + return tmp; > + } > } > > > -- > 1.5.3.2 > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ -- Jan Kara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SuSE CR Labs - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/