linux-kernel - [PATCH] proc: save LOC by using while loop

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Date:   Fri, 29 Sep 2023 19:31:41 +0300
From:   Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] proc: save LOC by using while loop

Use while loop instead of infinite loop with "break;".

Also move some variable to the inner scope where they belong.

Signed-off-by: Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
---

 fs/proc/inode.c |   11 ++++-------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/proc/inode.c
+++ b/fs/proc/inode.c
@@ -110,18 +110,15 @@ void __init proc_init_kmemcache(void)
 
 void proc_invalidate_siblings_dcache(struct hlist_head *inodes, spinlock_t *lock)
 {
-	struct inode *inode;
-	struct proc_inode *ei;
 	struct hlist_node *node;
 	struct super_block *old_sb = NULL;
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
-	for (;;) {
+	while ((node = hlist_first_rcu(inodes))) {
+		struct proc_inode *ei = hlist_entry(node, struct proc_inode, sibling_inodes);
 		struct super_block *sb;
-		node = hlist_first_rcu(inodes);
-		if (!node)
-			break;
-		ei = hlist_entry(node, struct proc_inode, sibling_inodes);
+		struct inode *inode;
+
 		spin_lock(lock);
 		hlist_del_init_rcu(&ei->sibling_inodes);
 		spin_unlock(lock);