Re: [PATCH 2.4] sys_select() return error on bad file

From: Willy Tarreau
Date: Thu Mar 04 2004 - 02:36:21 EST


Hi,

On Wed, Mar 03, 2004 at 09:46:54AM +0100, Armin Schindler wrote:
> --- linux/fs/select.c_orig 2004-03-02 19:06:44.000000000 +0100
> +++ linux/fs/select.c 2004-03-03 09:25:24.000000000 +0100
> @@ -183,6 +183,8 @@
> wait = NULL;
> retval = 0;
> for (;;) {
> + int file_err = 1;
> +

Just a thought, select() is often performance-critical, and adding one more
variable inside the loop can slow it down a bit. Wouldn't it be cheaper to
set retval to -EBADF above and avoid using file_err ?

> set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
> for (i = 0 ; i < n; i++) {
> unsigned long bit = BIT(i);
> @@ -199,6 +201,7 @@
> i /* The fd*/,
> __timeout,
> NULL);
> + file_err = 0;

There you would put retval=0

> mask = DEFAULT_POLLMASK;
> if (file->f_op && file->f_op->poll)
> mask = file->f_op->poll(file, wait);
> @@ -227,6 +230,10 @@
> retval = table.error;
> break;
> }
> + if (file_err) {
> + retval = -EBADF;
> + break;
> + }

And there : if (retval == -EBADF) break;

> __timeout = schedule_timeout(__timeout);
> }
> current->state = TASK_RUNNING;

Just a thought anyway, I've not read the complete function.

Cheers,
Willy

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