Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > struct page *page; > repeat: > page = grab_cache_page(mapping, index); > - if (!page) { > + if (unlikely(!page)) { This is completely pointless, gcc already considers any test for NULL unlikely. In general i would advise against splattering unlikely all over your code, the benefits are very minimal and programers often get it wrong. -Andi -- ak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Speaking for myself only -- 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