Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap.c: Remove redundent 'get_area' function pointer in get_unmapped_area()

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 09/05, Chen Gang wrote:
>
> From a1bf4726f71d6d0394b41309944646fc806a8a0c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 21:51:08 +0800
> Subject: [PATCH] mm/mmap.c: Remove redundent 'get_area' function pointer in
> get_unmapped_area()
>
> Call the function pointer directly, then let code a bit simpler.
                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

This is subjective you know ;)

I guess the author of this code added this variable to make the code
more readable. And to me it becomes less readable after your change.

I leave this to you and maintainers.

> Signed-off-by: Chen Gang <gang.chen.5i5j@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/mmap.c | 12 ++++++------
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
> index 4db7cf0..39fd727 100644
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2012,10 +2012,8 @@ unsigned long
>  get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
>  		unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags)
>  {
> -	unsigned long (*get_area)(struct file *, unsigned long,
> -				  unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long);
> -
>  	unsigned long error = arch_mmap_check(addr, len, flags);
> +
>  	if (error)
>  		return error;
>  
> @@ -2023,10 +2021,12 @@ get_unmapped_area(struct file *file, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len,
>  	if (len> TASK_SIZE)
>  		return -ENOMEM;
>  
> -	get_area = current->mm->get_unmapped_area;
>  	if (file && file->f_op->get_unmapped_area)
> -		get_area = file->f_op->get_unmapped_area;
> -	addr = get_area(file, addr, len, pgoff, flags);
> +		addr = file->f_op->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len,
> +							pgoff, flags);
> +	else
> +		addr = current->mm->get_unmapped_area(file, addr, len,
> +							pgoff, flags);
>  	if (IS_ERR_VALUE(addr))
>  		return addr;
>  
> -- 
> 1.9.3
> 
>  		 	   		  

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