linux-ext4 - [PATCH] Faster ext2_clear

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Date:	Mon, 9 Jul 2007 08:11:22 +0400
From:	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:	akpm@...l.org
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] Faster ext2_clear_inode()

If CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL is not configured, ext2_clear_inode() will be empty
function. However, there still will be call and immediate return which can be
avoided.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 fs/ext2/super.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ static void destroy_inodecache(void)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(ext2_inode_cachep);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 static void ext2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
 
 	if (ei->i_acl && ei->i_acl != EXT2_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
@@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ static void ext2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
 		posix_acl_release(ei->i_default_acl);
 		ei->i_default_acl = EXT2_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
 	}
-#endif
 }
+#else
+#define ext2_clear_inode NULL
+#endif
 
 static int ext2_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs)
 {

-
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