linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/1] fs-fat: Less function calls in fat_fill

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Date:	Sat, 15 Nov 2014 21:18:25 +0100 (CET)
From:	Julia Lawall <julia.lawall@...6.fr>
To:	SF Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
cc:	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@...l.parknet.co.jp>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org,
	trivial@...nel.org, Coccinelle <cocci@...teme.lip6.fr>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] fs-fat: Less function calls in fat_fill_super()
 after error detection

On Sat, 15 Nov 2014, SF Markus Elfring wrote:

> From: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 20:55:23 +0100
> 
> The iput() function was called in an inefficient way by the implementation
> of the fat_fill_super() function in case of an allocation failure.
> The corresponding source code was improved by deletion of two unnecessary
> null pointer checks and a few adjustments for jump labels.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Markus Elfring <elfring@...rs.sourceforge.net>
> ---
>  fs/fat/inode.c | 18 ++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fat/inode.c b/fs/fat/inode.c
> index 756aead..138ab9a 100644
> --- a/fs/fat/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/fat/inode.c
> @@ -1716,20 +1716,20 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
>  
>  	fsinfo_inode = new_inode(sb);
>  	if (!fsinfo_inode)
> -		goto out_fail;
> +		goto fsinfo_inode_failure;
>  	fsinfo_inode->i_ino = MSDOS_FSINFO_INO;
>  	sbi->fsinfo_inode = fsinfo_inode;
>  	insert_inode_hash(fsinfo_inode);
>  
>  	root_inode = new_inode(sb);
>  	if (!root_inode)
> -		goto out_fail;
> +		goto other_failure;

Other_failure is not such a good name.  The one above is better.

julia

>  	root_inode->i_ino = MSDOS_ROOT_INO;
>  	root_inode->i_version = 1;
>  	error = fat_read_root(root_inode);
>  	if (error < 0) {
>  		iput(root_inode);
> -		goto out_fail;
> +		goto other_failure;
>  	}
>  	error = -ENOMEM;
>  	insert_inode_hash(root_inode);
> @@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ int fat_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent, int isvfat,
>  	sb->s_root = d_make_root(root_inode);
>  	if (!sb->s_root) {
>  		fat_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "get root inode failed");
> -		goto out_fail;
> +		goto other_failure;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (sbi->options.discard) {
> @@ -1756,11 +1756,13 @@ out_invalid:
>  	if (!silent)
>  		fat_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "Can't find a valid FAT filesystem");
>  
> +other_failure:
> +	iput(fsinfo_inode);
> +
> +fsinfo_inode_failure:
> +	iput(fat_inode);
> +
>  out_fail:
> -	if (fsinfo_inode)
> -		iput(fsinfo_inode);
> -	if (fat_inode)
> -		iput(fat_inode);
>  	unload_nls(sbi->nls_io);
>  	unload_nls(sbi->nls_disk);
>  	if (sbi->options.iocharset != fat_default_iocharset)
> -- 
> 2.1.3
> 
> 
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