Re: [PATCH v2] mm/mempool: Add 'else' to split mutually exclusive case

From: linmiaohe
Date: Thu Sep 24 2020 - 22:48:03 EST


Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Sep 2020 07:16:41 -0400 Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Add else to split mutually exclusive case and avoid some unnecessary check.
>> It doesn't seem to change code generation (compiler is smart), but I
>> think it helps readability.
>
> OK, I guess. But the comments are now in the wrong place.
>

Many thanks for kindly reply and fix the wrong comments place.
Have a good day!

> --- a/mm/mempool.c~mm-mempool-add-else-to-split-mutually-exclusive-case-fix
> +++ a/mm/mempool.c
> @@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ static void check_element(mempool_t *poo
> /* Mempools backed by slab allocator */
> if (pool->free == mempool_free_slab || pool->free == mempool_kfree) {
> __check_element(pool, element, ksize(element));
> - /* Mempools backed by page allocator */
> } else if (pool->free == mempool_free_pages) {
> + /* Mempools backed by page allocator */
> int order = (int)(long)pool->pool_data;
> void *addr = kmap_atomic((struct page *)element);
>
> @@ -83,8 +83,8 @@ static void poison_element(mempool_t *po
> /* Mempools backed by slab allocator */
> if (pool->alloc == mempool_alloc_slab || pool->alloc == mempool_kmalloc) {
> __poison_element(element, ksize(element));
> - /* Mempools backed by page allocator */
> } else if (pool->alloc == mempool_alloc_pages) {
> + /* Mempools backed by page allocator */
> int order = (int)(long)pool->pool_data;
> void *addr = kmap_atomic((struct page *)element);
>
> _
>
>