Re: [PATCH 1/3]fs/inode: iunique() Optimize Performance

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Nov 25 2009 - 09:54:35 EST


On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:51:33PM +0800, Liuweni wrote:
> Hi Matthew Wilcox ,
> The code means set counter's value to the max max_reserved and counter.
> Then, the if condition will choose a large one, and in the function, the counter
> is increased. so this code won't change the function of iunique().
>
> > + if (counter <= max_reserved)
> > + counter = max_reserved + 1;

If 'counter' has the value 0xffffffff, and the loop increments 'counter'
to zero, this check needs to be inside the loop.

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> Best Regards,
> Liuweni
> 2009-11-25
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> ???????? Matthew Wilcox
> ?????????? 2009-11-25 22:15:09
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> ?????? Re: [PATCH 1/3]fs/inode: iunique() Optimize Performance
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> On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 10:09:45PM +0800, Liuweni wrote:
> > ---
> > move the if condition out the while{}.
> > While the function executing, the if
> > condition won't check again and again.
> > And this code won't change the function
> > of iunique().
> That's not true.
> > @@ -838,9 +838,10 @@ ino_t iunique(struct super_block *sb, ino_t max_reserved)
> > ino_t res;
> >
> > spin_lock(&inode_lock);
> > +
> > + if (counter <= max_reserved)
> > + counter = max_reserved + 1;
> > do {
> > - if (counter <= max_reserved)
> > - counter = max_reserved + 1;
> > res = counter++;
> 'counter' is incremented here, so if it wraps around, we'll blunder into
> the reserved space again.
> > head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, res);
> > inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, res);
> >
> >
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> > Best Regards,
> > Liuweni
> > 2009-11-25
> >
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