Re: [PATCH] Faster ext2_clear_inode()

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On Mon, 9 July 2007 08:11:22 +0400, Alexey Dobriyan wrote:
> 
> If CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL is not configured, ext2_clear_inode() will be empty
> function. However, there still will be call and immediate return which can be
> avoided.
> [...]
> +#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
>  static void ext2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
>  {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_EXT2_FS_POSIX_ACL
>  	struct ext2_inode_info *ei = EXT2_I(inode);
>  
>  	if (ei->i_acl && ei->i_acl != EXT2_ACL_NOT_CACHED) {
> @@ -197,8 +197,10 @@ static void ext2_clear_inode(struct inode *inode)
>  		posix_acl_release(ei->i_default_acl);
>  		ei->i_default_acl = EXT2_ACL_NOT_CACHED;
>  	}
> -#endif
>  }
> +#else
> +#define ext2_clear_inode NULL
> +#endif

Are you sure your patch makes a difference?  Does the resulting binary
change at all?

Jörn

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