kernel/pid.c: improve flow of a loop inside alloc_pidmap.
authorRaphael S. Carvalho <raphael.scarv@gmail.com>
Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:28:26 +0000 (15:28 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Wed, 1 May 2013 00:04:07 +0000 (17:04 -0700)
find_next_offset() searches for an available "cleaned bit" in the
respective pid bitmap (page), so returns the offset if found, otherwise
it returns a value equals to BITS_PER_PAGE.

For example, suppose find_next_offset didn't find any available bit, so
there's no purpose to call mk_pid (Wasteful Cpu Cycles).

Therefore, I found it could be better to call mk_pid after the checking
(offset < BITS_PER_PAGE) returned sucessfully! Another point: If (offset
< BITS_PER_PAGE) results in a "failure", then mk_pid would be called
again afterwards.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: simplify code]
Signed-off-by: Raphael S. Carvalho <raphael.scarv@gmail.com>
Cc: "Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@xmission.com>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serge.hallyn@canonical.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
kernel/pid.c

index 047dc62646389fd5abdf5fc63cb8db963a1a5b60..8147bdf22f36a498f0ed108be8e50b20d5f02ed5 100644 (file)
@@ -183,15 +183,19 @@ static int alloc_pidmap(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
                                break;
                }
                if (likely(atomic_read(&map->nr_free))) {
-                       do {
+                       for ( ; ; ) {
                                if (!test_and_set_bit(offset, map->page)) {
                                        atomic_dec(&map->nr_free);
                                        set_last_pid(pid_ns, last, pid);
                                        return pid;
                                }
                                offset = find_next_offset(map, offset);
+                               if (offset >= BITS_PER_PAGE)
+                                       break;
                                pid = mk_pid(pid_ns, map, offset);
-                       } while (offset < BITS_PER_PAGE && pid < pid_max);
+                               if (pid >= pid_max)
+                                       break;
+                       }
                }
                if (map < &pid_ns->pidmap[(pid_max-1)/BITS_PER_PAGE]) {
                        ++map;