linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fs/buffer.c: Delete redundant uptodate check for buffer

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Message-ID: <350ff867-d3af-e6b4-0a9a-51981aa431a6@hisilicon.com>
Date:   Fri, 7 May 2021 11:44:45 +0800
From:   Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>
To:     <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     Yang Guo <guoyang2@...wei.com>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fs/buffer.c: Delete redundant uptodate check for buffer

Hi Andrew,

A gentle ping.

Thanks,
Shaokun

On 2021/4/12 9:54, Shaokun Zhang wrote:
> +Cc: Andrew Morton
> 
> On 2021/4/1 14:57, Shaokun Zhang wrote:
>> From: Yang Guo <guoyang2@...wei.com>
>>
>> The buffer uptodate state has been checked in function set_buffer_uptodate,
>> there is no need use buffer_uptodate before calling set_buffer_uptodate and
>> delete it.
>>
>> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Guo <guoyang2@...wei.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Shaokun Zhang <zhangshaokun@...ilicon.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/buffer.c | 6 ++----
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
>> index 673cfbef9eec..2c0d0b3f3203 100644
>> --- a/fs/buffer.c
>> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
>> @@ -2055,8 +2055,7 @@ int __block_write_begin_int(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>>  		block_end = block_start + blocksize;
>>  		if (block_end <= from || block_start >= to) {
>>  			if (PageUptodate(page)) {
>> -				if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
>> -					set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>> +				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>>  			}
>>  			continue;
>>  		}
>> @@ -2088,8 +2087,7 @@ int __block_write_begin_int(struct page *page, loff_t pos, unsigned len,
>>  			}
>>  		}
>>  		if (PageUptodate(page)) {
>> -			if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
>> -				set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>> +			set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
>>  			continue; 
>>  		}
>>  		if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) && !buffer_delay(bh) &&
>>