linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv2 15/24] sys_swapon: move setting of swapfilepages near use

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Message-ID: <AANLkTinZtF2Gw4Ji4ZkTjgkLA45sQMH23HGPw7pKJKrD@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Mar 2011 11:23:00 +0200
From:	Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
To:	Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Jens Axboe <jaxboe@...ionio.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCHv2 15/24] sys_swapon: move setting of swapfilepages near use

On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net> wrote:
> There is no reason I can see to read inode->i_size long before it is
> needed. Move its read to just before it is needed, to reduce the
> variable lifetime.
>
> Signed-off-by: Cesar Eduardo Barros <cesarb@...arb.net>
> Tested-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>
> Acked-by: Eric B Munson <emunson@...bm.net>

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@...nel.org>
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