[RFC][PATCH 09/10] fs: Remove unlikely() from fget_light()

[Steven Rostedt]

From: Steven Rostedt <srostedt@xxxxxxxxxx>

There's an unlikely() in fget_light() that assumes the file ref count
will be 1. Running the annotate branch profiler on a desktop that is
performing daily tasks (running firefox, evolution, xchat and is also part
of a distcc farm), it shows that the ref count is not 1 that often.

 correct incorrect      %    Function                  File              Line
 ------- ---------      -    --------                  ----              ----
1035099358 6209599193  85    fget_light              file_table.c         315

Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/file_table.c |    2 +-
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index c3dee38..c3e89ad 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ struct file *fget_light(unsigned int fd, int *fput_needed)
 	struct files_struct *files = current->files;
 
 	*fput_needed = 0;
-	if (likely((atomic_read(&files->count) == 1))) {
+	if (atomic_read(&files->count) == 1) {
 		file = fcheck_files(files, fd);
 	} else {
 		rcu_read_lock();
-- 
1.7.2.3


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