From: Steven Rostedt There's an unlikely() in fget_light() that assumes the file ref count will be 1. Running the annotate branch profiler on a desktop that is performing daily tasks (running firefox, evolution, xchat and is also part of a distcc farm), it shows that the ref count is not 1 that often. correct incorrect % Function File Line ------- --------- - -------- ---- ---- 1035099358 6209599193 85 fget_light file_table.c 315 Cc: Al Viro Cc: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt --- fs/file_table.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c index c3dee38..c3e89ad 100644 --- a/fs/file_table.c +++ b/fs/file_table.c @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed) struct files_struct *files = current->files; *fput_needed = 0; - if (likely((atomic_read(&files->count) == 1))) { + if (atomic_read(&files->count) == 1) { file = fcheck_files(files, fd); } else { rcu_read_lock(); -- 1.7.2.3 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/