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authorVenkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2010-05-10 20:08:28 +0200
committerEric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>2010-05-22 19:39:02 +0200
commit6d27e64d74e14c1cf2b4af438d7e8a77017bd654 (patch)
tree8b402bf58da42297521ec12bb024be566790cd6a /fs
parent9p: cleanup: remove unneeded assignment (diff)
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9p: Optimize TCREATE by eliminating a redundant fid clone.
This patch removes a redundant fid clone on the directory fid and hence reduces a server transaction while creating new filesystem object. Signed-off-by: Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
-rw-r--r--fs/9p/vfs_inode.c18
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
index aecfc0c17945..0ba2db44e0b8 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
@@ -504,12 +504,11 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
ofid = NULL;
fid = NULL;
name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
- dfid = v9fs_fid_clone(dentry->d_parent);
+ dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
- P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid clone failed %d\n", err);
- dfid = NULL;
- goto error;
+ P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
}
/* clone a fid to use for creation */
@@ -517,8 +516,7 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
if (IS_ERR(ofid)) {
err = PTR_ERR(ofid);
P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
- ofid = NULL;
- goto error;
+ return ERR_PTR(err);
}
err = p9_client_fcreate(ofid, name, perm, mode, extension);
@@ -528,14 +526,13 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
}
/* now walk from the parent so we can get unopened fid */
- fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 0);
+ fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
err = PTR_ERR(fid);
P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
fid = NULL;
goto error;
- } else
- dfid = NULL;
+ }
/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
@@ -558,9 +555,6 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
return ofid;
error:
- if (dfid)
- p9_client_clunk(dfid);
-
if (ofid)
p9_client_clunk(ofid);