On Jul 28, 2016, at 1:53 AM, SF Markus Elfring wrote: >> This function is called several times during lustre module insert. >> Namely it's called 5 times for 5 types: >> osc, mdc, lov, lmv, mgc. > > Will any extra memory accesses matter for the successful execution > in this use case? I doubt it. In typical deployments outside of testing environment, this function is called 5 times every system boot and never again. >> It's not called any more than that, so it's not exactly a super hot-path function >> to overoptimize it, and the failure is presumed to never happen too >> (or the module would be non-functional). > > Did the assignment for the local variable "rc" with a well-known error code > influence the run-time characteristics in unwanted ways? > https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/tree/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/genops.c?id=6a5b99a46bedc2cfbba96dec6d255c4b90af9ff8#n140 I am not sure what do you mean here. _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://driverdev.linuxdriverproject.org/mailman/listinfo/driverdev-devel
