[PATCH v2 4/8] fs/9p: Eliminate redundant non-cache path in mknod

From: Eric Van Hensbergen
Date: Mon Jan 08 2024 - 10:19:21 EST


Like symlink, mknod had a seperate path with different inode
allocation -- but this seems unnecessary, so eliminating this path.

Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c | 36 ++++++++++--------------------------
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
index ab52a89367d2..ddc3cfdcc13b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_inode_dotl.c
@@ -836,33 +836,17 @@ v9fs_vfs_mknod_dotl(struct mnt_idmap *idmap, struct inode *dir,
err);
goto error;
}
-
- /* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
- if (v9ses->cache & (CACHE_META|CACHE_LOOSE)) {
- inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(inode);
- p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
- err);
- goto error;
- }
- v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
- v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
- d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
- err = 0;
- } else {
- /*
- * Not in cached mode. No need to populate inode with stat.
- * socket syscall returns a fd, so we need instantiate
- */
- inode = v9fs_get_inode(dir->i_sb, mode, rdev);
- if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
- err = PTR_ERR(inode);
- goto error;
- }
- v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
- d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ inode = v9fs_get_new_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
+ if (IS_ERR(inode)) {
+ err = PTR_ERR(inode);
+ p9_debug(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "inode creation failed %d\n",
+ err);
+ goto error;
}
+ v9fs_set_create_acl(inode, fid, dacl, pacl);
+ v9fs_fid_add(dentry, &fid);
+ d_instantiate(dentry, inode);
+ err = 0;
error:
p9_fid_put(fid);
v9fs_put_acl(dacl, pacl);

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2.41.0