linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: optimize mpage

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Date:	Sat, 29 May 2010 22:17:50 +0800
From:	Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
To:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] fs: optimize mpage_readpage()

On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 9:46 PM, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
> From: Changli Gao <xiaosuo@...il.com>
> Date: Sat, May 29, 2010 at 09:26:47PM +0800
>
>> Did the compiler warning appear after applying my patch? It doesn't
>> happen when I testing it.
>
> yep, using gcc (Debian 4.4.4-2) 4.4.4 here.
>
>> And I don't pass bio to do_mpage_readpage(), but I pass NULL instead.
>
> True, but you still need that bio pointer so you might just as well set
> it to NULL as the original code does.
>

I'm using gcc 4.4.3(Gentoo). It's strange. on that line, bio is only
used as left value. Maybe it is a compiler bug, or you didn't apply my
patch properly.


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Regards，
Changli Gao(xiaosuo@...il.com)
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