fs: inode.c use atomic_inc_return in __iget Using atomic_inc_return in __iget(struct inode *inode) makes the intent of this code clearer and generates less code on processors that have this operation. On x86_64 this patch reduces the text size of inode.o by 12 bytes. Signed-off-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk> ---- patch against 2.6.34-rc7 compiled & tested on x86_64 AMD X2 I've been running with this patch applied for several weeks with no obvious problems. regards Richard Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 258ec22..498b10f 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -286,11 +286,9 @@ */ void __iget(struct inode *inode) { - if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) { - atomic_inc(&inode->i_count); + if (atomic_inc_return(&inode->i_count) != 1) return; - } - atomic_inc(&inode->i_count); + if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC))) list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use); inodes_stat.nr_unused--;