linux-kernel - [PATCH] io_uring: remove extra check in __io_commit

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Date:   Fri, 17 Jan 2020 03:52:46 +0300
From:   Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, io-uring@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] io_uring: remove extra check in __io_commit_cqring

__io_commit_cqring() is almost always called when there is a change in
the rings, so the check is rather pessimising.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
---
 fs/io_uring.c | 12 +++++-------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/io_uring.c b/fs/io_uring.c
index f9709a3a673c..ea91f4d92fc0 100644
--- a/fs/io_uring.c
+++ b/fs/io_uring.c
@@ -859,14 +859,12 @@ static void __io_commit_cqring(struct io_ring_ctx *ctx)
 {
 	struct io_rings *rings = ctx->rings;
 
-	if (ctx->cached_cq_tail != READ_ONCE(rings->cq.tail)) {
-		/* order cqe stores with ring update */
-		smp_store_release(&rings->cq.tail, ctx->cached_cq_tail);
+	/* order cqe stores with ring update */
+	smp_store_release(&rings->cq.tail, ctx->cached_cq_tail);
 
-		if (wq_has_sleeper(&ctx->cq_wait)) {
-			wake_up_interruptible(&ctx->cq_wait);
-			kill_fasync(&ctx->cq_fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
-		}
+	if (wq_has_sleeper(&ctx->cq_wait)) {
+		wake_up_interruptible(&ctx->cq_wait);
+		kill_fasync(&ctx->cq_fasync, SIGIO, POLL_IN);
 	}
 }
 
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