linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCHv3 2/6] ext4: Optimize ext4_ext

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Date:   Wed, 26 Feb 2020 13:28:47 +0100
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>
Cc:     jack@...e.cz, tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        darrick.wong@...cle.com, hch@...radead.org, cmaiolino@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCHv3 2/6] ext4: Optimize ext4_ext_precache for 0 depth

On Wed 26-02-20 15:27:04, Ritesh Harjani wrote:
> This patch avoids the memory alloc & free path when depth is 0, 
> since anyway there is no extra caching done in that case.
> So on checking depth 0, simply return early.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ritesh Harjani <riteshh@...ux.ibm.com>

Looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/ext4/extents.c | 9 ++++++---
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> index ee83fe7c98aa..0de548bb3c90 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
> @@ -594,6 +594,12 @@ int ext4_ext_precache(struct inode *inode)
>  	down_read(&ei->i_data_sem);
>  	depth = ext_depth(inode);
>  
> +	/* Don't cache anything if there are no external extent blocks */
> +	if (!depth) {
> +		up_read(&ei->i_data_sem);
> +		return ret;
> +	}
> +
>  	path = kcalloc(depth + 1, sizeof(struct ext4_ext_path),
>  		       GFP_NOFS);
>  	if (path == NULL) {
> @@ -601,9 +607,6 @@ int ext4_ext_precache(struct inode *inode)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  	}
>  
> -	/* Don't cache anything if there are no external extent blocks */
> -	if (depth == 0)
> -		goto out;
>  	path[0].p_hdr = ext_inode_hdr(inode);
>  	ret = ext4_ext_check(inode, path[0].p_hdr, depth, 0);
>  	if (ret)
> -- 
> 2.21.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR