> 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? > 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 Regards, Markus -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
