linux-kernel - Re: [RFC][PATCH 02/10] mm: Remove likely() from mapping

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Date:	Fri, 10 Dec 2010 19:09:12 -0500
From:	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
To:	Miles Bader <miles@....org>
Cc:	Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...nel.dk>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>
Subject: Re: [RFC][PATCH 02/10] mm: Remove likely() from
 mapping_unevictable()

On Fri, 2010-12-10 at 17:08 +0900, Miles Bader wrote:
> Joe Perches <joe@...ches.com> writes:
> > It'd be better to use
> >
> > 	if (!mapping)
> > 		return 0;
> > 	return test_bit(AS_UNEVICTABLE, &mapping->flags);
> >
> > to avoid the unnecessary !!
> 
> How about 
> 
>  	return mapping && test_bit(AS_UNEVICTABLE, &mapping->flags);
> 
> instead...?

I'll just add my current patch as a "likely()" clean up. Any other
change should be separate.

Thanks,

-- Steve


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