linux-kernel - [PATCH] f2fs: remove blk_plugging in block

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Message-Id: <20200508192711.146175-1-jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri,  8 May 2020 12:27:11 -0700
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, kernel-team@...roid.com
Cc:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: remove blk_plugging in block_operations

blk_plugging doesn't seem to give any benefit.

Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c | 10 +++-------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
index 97b6378554b40..cc9dd3bbf2188 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/checkpoint.c
@@ -1169,8 +1169,6 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	struct blk_plug plug;
 	int err = 0, cnt = 0;
 
-	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-
 retry_flush_quotas:
 	f2fs_lock_all(sbi);
 	if (__need_flush_quota(sbi)) {
@@ -1198,7 +1196,7 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		f2fs_unlock_all(sbi);
 		err = f2fs_sync_dirty_inodes(sbi, DIR_INODE);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			return err;
 		cond_resched();
 		goto retry_flush_quotas;
 	}
@@ -1214,7 +1212,7 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		f2fs_unlock_all(sbi);
 		err = f2fs_sync_inode_meta(sbi);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			return err;
 		cond_resched();
 		goto retry_flush_quotas;
 	}
@@ -1229,7 +1227,7 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 		err = f2fs_sync_node_pages(sbi, &wbc, false, FS_CP_NODE_IO);
 		atomic_dec(&sbi->wb_sync_req[NODE]);
 		if (err)
-			goto out;
+			return err;
 		cond_resched();
 		goto retry_flush_quotas;
 	}
@@ -1240,8 +1238,6 @@ static int block_operations(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi)
 	 */
 	__prepare_cp_block(sbi);
 	up_write(&sbi->node_change);
-out:
-	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 	return err;
 }
 
-- 
2.26.2.645.ge9eca65c58-goog