--- move the if condition out the while{}. While the function executing, the if condition won't check again and again. And this code won't change the function of iunique(). --- Signed-off-by: Liuwenyi<qingshenlwy@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Cc: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx> Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 4d8e3be..8ff1e99 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -838,9 +838,10 @@ ino_t iunique(struct super_block *sb, ino_t max_reserved) ino_t res; spin_lock(&inode_lock); + + if (counter <= max_reserved) + counter = max_reserved + 1; do { - if (counter <= max_reserved) - counter = max_reserved + 1; res = counter++; head = inode_hashtable + hash(sb, res); inode = find_inode_fast(sb, head, res); -------------- Best Regards, Liuweni 2009-11-25 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html