Re: [PATCH][FAT] FAT dirent scan with hin take #3

[Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>]

On 8/31/05, Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote:
> After finally understanding what you're doing, how about:
> 
> static inline int hint_allocate(struct inode *dir)
> {
>         loff_t *hints;
>         int err = 0;
> 
>         if (!MSDOS_I(dir)->scan_hints)

Should read:

if (MSDOS_I(dir)->scan_hints)

>                 return 0;
> 
>         hints = kcalloc(FAT_SCAN_NWAY, sizeof(loff_t), GFP_KERNEL);
>         if (!hints)
>                 err = -ENOMEM;
> 
>         down(&MSDOS_I(dir)->scan_lock);
>         /*
>          * We allocated memory without scan_lock so lets make sure
>          * no other thread completed hint_allocate() before us.
>          */
>         if (!MSDOS_I(dir)->scan_hints) {
>                 MSDOS_I(dir)->scan_hints = hints;
>                 hints = NULL;
>         }
>         up(&MSDOS_I(dir)->scan_lock);
> 
>         kfree(hints);
>         return err;
> }
> 
>                                     Pekka
>
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