linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] posix-timers: lock

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Date:	Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:32:13 +0400
From:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Roland McGrath <roland@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] posix-timers: lock_timer: make it readable

Cleanup. Imho makes the code much more understandable. At least this
patch lessens both the source and compiled code.

Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...sign.ru>

--- 26-rc2/kernel/posix-timers.c~10_LOCK_TIMER	2008-08-05 17:56:33.000000000 +0400
+++ 26-rc2/kernel/posix-timers.c	2008-08-05 18:53:19.000000000 +0400
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ out:
  * the find to the timer lock.  To avoid a dead lock, the timer id MUST
  * be release with out holding the timer lock.
  */
-static struct k_itimer * lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags)
+static struct k_itimer *lock_timer(timer_t timer_id, unsigned long *flags)
 {
 	struct k_itimer *timr;
 	/*
@@ -565,23 +565,20 @@ static struct k_itimer * lock_timer(time
 	 * flags part over to the timer lock.  Must not let interrupts in
 	 * while we are moving the lock.
 	 */
-
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&idr_lock, *flags);
-	timr = idr_find(&posix_timers_id, (int) timer_id);
+	timr = idr_find(&posix_timers_id, (int)timer_id);
 	if (timr) {
 		spin_lock(&timr->it_lock);
-
-		if (!timr->it_process ||
-		    !same_thread_group(timr->it_process, current)) {
-			spin_unlock(&timr->it_lock);
-			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, *flags);
-			timr = NULL;
-		} else
+		if (timr->it_process &&
+		    same_thread_group(timr->it_process, current)) {
 			spin_unlock(&idr_lock);
-	} else
-		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, *flags);
+			return timr;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&timr->it_lock);
+	}
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&idr_lock, *flags);
 
-	return timr;
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 /*

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