linux-kernel - [PATCH 4/5] EXT4: Replace cut'n'pasted llseek code with generic_file_llseek

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Date:	Thu, 16 Jun 2011 14:07:21 -0700
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk
Cc:	hch@...radead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	tytso@....edu
Subject: [PATCH 4/5] EXT4: Replace cut'n'pasted llseek code with generic_file_llseek_size

From: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>

This gives ext4 the benefits of unlocked llseek.

Cc: tytso@....edu
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>
---
 fs/ext4/file.c |   26 +-------------------------
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 2c09723..ce40447 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -224,32 +224,8 @@ loff_t ext4_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int origin)
 		maxbytes = EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_bitmap_maxbytes;
 	else
 		maxbytes = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes;
-	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-	switch (origin) {
-	case SEEK_END:
-		offset += inode->i_size;
-		break;
-	case SEEK_CUR:
-		if (offset == 0) {
-			mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-			return file->f_pos;
-		}
-		offset += file->f_pos;
-		break;
-	}
-
-	if (offset < 0 || offset > maxbytes) {
-		mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-		return -EINVAL;
-	}
-
-	if (offset != file->f_pos) {
-		file->f_pos = offset;
-		file->f_version = 0;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
-	return offset;
+	return generic_file_llseek_size(file, offset, origin, maxbytes);
 }
 
 const struct file_operations ext4_file_operations = {
-- 
1.7.4.4

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