linux-kernel - [RFC] test_bit before clear files

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Message-ID: <35FD53F367049845BC99AC72306C23D1044A02027E18@CNBJMBX05.corpusers.net>
Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:06:57 +0800
From:	"Wang, Yalin" <Yalin.Wang@...ymobile.com>
To:	"'viro@...iv.linux.org.uk'" <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	"'linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org'" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"Gao, Neil" <Neil.Gao@...ymobile.com>
Subject: [RFC] test_bit before clear files_struct bits

add test_bit() before clear close_on_exec and open_fds,
by trace __clear_bit(), these 2 place are false in most times,
we test it so that we don't need dirty cacheline, and we can win
in most time.

Signed-off-by: Yalin Wang <yalin.wang@...ymobile.com>
---
 fs/file.c | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file.c b/fs/file.c
index ee738ea..2fd296b 100644
--- a/fs/file.c
+++ b/fs/file.c
@@ -209,7 +209,8 @@ static inline void __set_close_on_exec(int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
 
 static inline void __clear_close_on_exec(int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
 {
-	__clear_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
+	if (test_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec))
+		__clear_bit(fd, fdt->close_on_exec);
 }
 
 static inline void __set_open_fd(int fd, struct fdtable *fdt)
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ struct files_struct *dup_fd(struct files_struct *oldf, int *errorp)
 		struct file *f = *old_fds++;
 		if (f) {
 			get_file(f);
-		} else {
+		} else if (test_bit(open_files - i, new_fdt)) {
 			/*
 			 * The fd may be claimed in the fd bitmap but not yet
 			 * instantiated in the files array if a sibling thread
-- 
2.2.2
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