Re: [PATCH vfs 1/2] lib: implement ptrset

From: Tejun Heo
Date: Tue Nov 18 2014 - 12:16:37 EST


Hello,

On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 06:56:29PM +0300, Azat Khuzhin wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 05:09:27PM -0500, Tejun Heo wrote:
> > +int ptrset_add(void *ptr, struct ptrset *set, gfp_t gfp)
> > +{
> > + struct ptrset_elem *elem;
> > + struct rb_node *parent, **slot;
> > +
> > + elem = kmalloc(sizeof(*elem), gfp);
> > + if (!elem && !in_interrupt()) /* see ptrset_preload() */
> > + elem = this_cpu_xchg(ptrset_preload_elem, NULL);
> > + if (!elem)
> > + return -ENOMEM;
> > + elem->ptr = ptr;
> > +
> > + if (ptrset_find_slot(elem->ptr, set, &slot, &parent)) {
> > + kfree(elem);
> > + return -EEXIST;
> > + }
>
> Maybe allocation *after* ptrset_find_slot() will be better?
> This will avoid extra kmalloc/kfree if such ptr already exist (and also
> will avoid ENOMEM for such cases).

Sure thing. Will post an updated version soon.

Thanks.

--
tejun
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