Re: [PATCH 3/7] [v2] zram/xvmalloc: free bit block insertionoptimization

From: Pekka Enberg
Date: Sat Jan 29 2011 - 03:48:24 EST


On Fri, 2011-01-28 at 08:58 -0600, Robert Jennings wrote:
> This change is in a conditional block which is entered only when there is
> an existing data block on the freelist where the insert has taken place.
>
> The new block is pushed onto the freelist stack and this conditional block
> is updating links in the prior stack head to point to the new stack head.
> After this conditional block the first-/second-level indices are updated
> to indicate that there is a free block at this location.
>
> This patch adds an immediate return from the conditional block to avoid
> setting bits again to indicate a free block on this freelist. The bits
> would already be set because there was an existing free block on this
> freelist.
>
> Signed-off-by: Robert Jennings <rcj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxx>

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