linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] btrfs: memset cur_trans->delayed

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Message-ID: <20150907134416.GA19489@gmail.com>
Date:	Mon, 7 Sep 2015 16:44:16 +0300
From:	Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@...il.com>
To:	David Sterba <dsterba@...e.cz>
Cc:	clm@...com, jbacik@...com, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] btrfs: memset cur_trans->delayed_refs to zero

On Mon, Sep 07, 2015 at 02:24:20PM +0200, David Sterba wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 06, 2015 at 12:25:27PM +0000, Alexandru Moise wrote:
> > Use memset() to null out the btrfs_delayed_ref_root of
> > btrfs_transaction instead of setting all the members to 0 by hand.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandru Moise <00moses.alexander00@...il.com>
> > ---
> >  fs/btrfs/transaction.c | 10 +---------
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 9 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
> > index 8f259b3..faccc1b 100644
> > --- a/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
> > +++ b/fs/btrfs/transaction.c
> > @@ -224,15 +224,7 @@ loop:
> >  	cur_trans->start_time = get_seconds();
> >  	cur_trans->dirty_bg_run = 0;
> >  
> > -	cur_trans->delayed_refs.href_root = RB_ROOT;
> > -	cur_trans->delayed_refs.dirty_extent_root = RB_ROOT;
> > -	atomic_set(&cur_trans->delayed_refs.num_entries, 0);
> 
> Please keep these. Even if it means duplicated setting to 0, it's using
> the correct constructor, should it ever change (RB_ROOT) or does some
> extra work (atomic_set).

Sure, I'll send off another patch right away.
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