[PATCH] fs: load the ->i_sb pointer once in inode_sb_list_{add,del}

From: Mateusz Guzik
Date: Tue Mar 18 2025 - 20:46:55 EST


While this may sound like a pedantic clean up, it does in fact impact
code generation -- the patched add routine is slightly smaller.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@xxxxxxxxx>
---

Below is disasm before/after. I did not want to pull this into the
commit message because of the total length vs long term usefulness ratio.

can be moved up into the commit message no problem if someone insists on
it:

(gdb) disassemble inode_sb_list_add
before:
<+0>: endbr64
<+4>: call 0xffffffff8130e9b0 <__fentry__>
<+9>: push %rbx
<+10>: mov 0x28(%rdi),%rax
<+14>: mov %rdi,%rbx
<+17>: lea 0x540(%rax),%rdi
<+24>: call 0xffffffff8225cf20 <_raw_spin_lock>
<+29>: mov 0x28(%rbx),%rax
<+33>: lea 0x110(%rbx),%rdx
<+40>: mov 0x548(%rax),%rcx
<+47>: mov %rdx,0x8(%rcx)
<+51>: mov %rcx,0x110(%rbx)
<+58>: lea 0x548(%rax),%rcx
<+65>: mov %rcx,0x118(%rbx)
<+72>: mov %rdx,0x548(%rax)
<+79>: mov 0x28(%rbx),%rdi
<+83>: pop %rbx
<+84>: add $0x540,%rdi
<+91>: jmp 0xffffffff8225d020 <_raw_spin_unlock>

after:
<+0>: endbr64
<+4>: call 0xffffffff8130e9b0 <__fentry__>
<+9>: push %r12
<+11>: push %rbp
<+12>: push %rbx
<+13>: mov 0x28(%rdi),%rbp
<+17>: mov %rdi,%rbx
<+20>: lea 0x540(%rbp),%r12
<+27>: mov %r12,%rdi
<+30>: call 0xffffffff8225cf20 <_raw_spin_lock>
<+35>: mov 0x548(%rbp),%rdx
<+42>: lea 0x110(%rbx),%rax
<+49>: mov %r12,%rdi
<+52>: mov %rax,0x8(%rdx)
<+56>: mov %rdx,0x110(%rbx)
<+63>: lea 0x548(%rbp),%rdx
<+70>: mov %rdx,0x118(%rbx)
<+77>: mov %rax,0x548(%rbp)
<+84>: pop %rbx
<+85>: pop %rbp
<+86>: pop %r12
<+88>: jmp 0xffffffff8225d020 <_raw_spin_unlock>

fs/inode.c | 14 +++++++++-----
1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index 10121fc7b87e..e188bb1eb07a 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -623,18 +623,22 @@ static void inode_wait_for_lru_isolating(struct inode *inode)
*/
void inode_sb_list_add(struct inode *inode)
{
- spin_lock(&inode->i_sb->s_inode_list_lock);
- list_add(&inode->i_sb_list, &inode->i_sb->s_inodes);
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_sb->s_inode_list_lock);
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+
+ spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
+ list_add(&inode->i_sb_list, &sb->s_inodes);
+ spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_sb_list_add);

static inline void inode_sb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
{
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+
if (!list_empty(&inode->i_sb_list)) {
- spin_lock(&inode->i_sb->s_inode_list_lock);
+ spin_lock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_sb->s_inode_list_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&sb->s_inode_list_lock);
}
}

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2.43.0