Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Le 03/11/2021 à 22:31, Christophe JAILLET a écrit :
>> Use 'percpu_ref_tryget_live_rcu()' instead of 'percpu_ref_tryget_live()' to
>> save a few cycles when it is known that the rcu lock is already
>> taken/released.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> fs/aio.c | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
>> index 9c81cf611d65..d189ea13e10a 100644
>> --- a/fs/aio.c
>> +++ b/fs/aio.c
>> @@ -1062,7 +1062,7 @@ static struct kioctx *lookup_ioctx(unsigned long ctx_id)
>> id = array_index_nospec(id, table->nr);
>> ctx = rcu_dereference(table->table[id]);
>> if (ctx && ctx->user_id == ctx_id) {
>> - if (percpu_ref_tryget_live(&ctx->users))
>> + if (percpu_ref_tryget_live_rcu(&ctx->users))
>> ret = ctx;
>> }
>> out:
>
>
> Hi,
> gentle reminder.
>
> Is this patch useful?
> When I first posted it, percpu_ref_tryget_live_rcu() was really new.
> Now it is part of linux since 5.16.
>
> Saving a few cycles in a function with "lookup" in its name looks
> always good to me.
The patch looks fine to me.
Reviewed-by: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx>
