linux-kernel - [PATCH] befs: Don't pass huge structs by value.

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Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1012252020000.10759@swampdragon.chaosbits.net>
Date:	Sat, 25 Dec 2010 20:27:01 +0100 (CET)
From:	Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
cc:	Will Dyson <will_dyson@...ox.com>,
	Makoto Kato <m_kato@....so-net.ne.jp>,
	"Sergey S. Kostyliov" <rathamahata@...4.ru>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: [PATCH] befs: Don't pass huge structs by value.

Hi there,

'struct befs_disk_data_stream' is huge (~144 bytes) and it's being passed 
by value in fs/befs/endian.h::cpu_to_fsrun().

It seems to me that it would be better to pass a pointer, no?
This patch changes the function to take a pointer to the large struct.

Signed-off-by: Jesper Juhl <jj@...osbits.net>
---
 endian.h   |   16 ++++++++--------
 linuxvfs.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

 Compile tested only. I have no way to test this.

diff --git a/fs/befs/endian.h b/fs/befs/endian.h
index 6cb84d8..a99caa0 100644
--- a/fs/befs/endian.h
+++ b/fs/befs/endian.h
@@ -102,22 +102,22 @@ cpu_to_fsrun(const struct super_block *sb, befs_block_run n)
 }
 
 static inline befs_data_stream
-fsds_to_cpu(const struct super_block *sb, befs_disk_data_stream n)
+fsds_to_cpu(const struct super_block *sb, befs_disk_data_stream *n)
 {
 	befs_data_stream data;
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < BEFS_NUM_DIRECT_BLOCKS; ++i)
-		data.direct[i] = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, n.direct[i]);
+		data.direct[i] = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, n->direct[i]);
 
-	data.max_direct_range = fs64_to_cpu(sb, n.max_direct_range);
-	data.indirect = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, n.indirect);
-	data.max_indirect_range = fs64_to_cpu(sb, n.max_indirect_range);
-	data.double_indirect = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, n.double_indirect);
+	data.max_direct_range = fs64_to_cpu(sb, n->max_direct_range);
+	data.indirect = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, n->indirect);
+	data.max_indirect_range = fs64_to_cpu(sb, n->max_indirect_range);
+	data.double_indirect = fsrun_to_cpu(sb, n->double_indirect);
 	data.max_double_indirect_range = fs64_to_cpu(sb,
-						     n.
+						     n->
 						     max_double_indirect_range);
-	data.size = fs64_to_cpu(sb, n.size);
+	data.size = fs64_to_cpu(sb, n->size);
 
 	return data;
 }
diff --git a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
index aa4e7c7..d5fbc09 100644
--- a/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
+++ b/fs/befs/linuxvfs.c
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ static struct inode *befs_iget(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long ino)
 		int num_blks;
 
 		befs_ino->i_data.ds =
-		    fsds_to_cpu(sb, raw_inode->data.datastream);
+		    fsds_to_cpu(sb, &raw_inode->data.datastream);
 
 		num_blks = befs_count_blocks(sb, &befs_ino->i_data.ds);
 		inode->i_blocks =



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