Re: [PATCH] vfs: simply the code logic

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 11:38:19PM +0800, zwu.kernel@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>  	if (offset >= 0 && offset <= size) {
> -		if (offset != file->f_pos) {
> -			file->f_pos = offset;
> -		}
> -		retval = offset;
> +		retval = file->f_pos = offset;
>  	}

But now you're writing to f_pos unconditionally.  That may cause
cacheline bouncing.  NAK.

Plus, you're now using a less-well-known feature of C, so while it's fewer
lines of code, it's not necessarily a simplification.

-- 
Matthew Wilcox				Intel Open Source Technology Centre
"Bill, look, we understand that you're interested in selling us this
operating system, but compare it to ours.  We can't possibly take such
a retrograde step."
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