linux-kernel - [PATCH] fs: optimise kiocb_set_rw

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Date:   Sat,  1 Aug 2020 13:36:33 +0300
From:   Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] fs: optimise kiocb_set_rw_flags()

Use a local var to collect flags in kiocb_set_rw_flags(). That spares
some memory writes and allows to replace most of the jumps with MOVEcc.

Signed-off-by: Pavel Begunkov <asml.silence@...il.com>
---

v2: fast exit on flags == 0 (Matthew Wilcox)

 include/linux/fs.h | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8a00ba99284e..b7f1f1b7d691 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3282,22 +3282,28 @@ static inline int iocb_flags(struct file *file)
 
 static inline int kiocb_set_rw_flags(struct kiocb *ki, rwf_t flags)
 {
+	int kiocb_flags = 0;
+
+	if (!flags)
+		return 0;
 	if (unlikely(flags & ~RWF_SUPPORTED))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (flags & RWF_NOWAIT) {
 		if (!(ki->ki_filp->f_mode & FMODE_NOWAIT))
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
-		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_NOWAIT;
+		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_NOWAIT;
 	}
 	if (flags & RWF_HIPRI)
-		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
+		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_HIPRI;
 	if (flags & RWF_DSYNC)
-		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
+		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_DSYNC;
 	if (flags & RWF_SYNC)
-		ki->ki_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
+		kiocb_flags |= (IOCB_DSYNC | IOCB_SYNC);
 	if (flags & RWF_APPEND)
-		ki->ki_flags |= IOCB_APPEND;
+		kiocb_flags |= IOCB_APPEND;
+
+	ki->ki_flags |= kiocb_flags;
 	return 0;
 }
 
-- 
2.24.0