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9p: Optimize TCREATE by eliminating a redundant fid clone.
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This patch removes a redundant fid clone on the directory fid and hence
reduces a server transaction while creating new filesystem object.

Signed-off-by: Venkateswararao Jujjuri <jvrao@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Van Hensbergen <ericvh@gmail.com>
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Venkateswararao Jujjuri authored and Eric Van Hensbergen committed May 22, 2010
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18 changes: 6 additions & 12 deletions fs/9p/vfs_inode.c
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Expand Up @@ -504,21 +504,19 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
ofid = NULL;
fid = NULL;
name = (char *) dentry->d_name.name;
dfid = v9fs_fid_clone(dentry->d_parent);
dfid = v9fs_fid_lookup(dentry->d_parent);
if (IS_ERR(dfid)) {
err = PTR_ERR(dfid);
P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid clone failed %d\n", err);
dfid = NULL;
goto error;
P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "fid lookup failed %d\n", err);
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

/* clone a fid to use for creation */
ofid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 0, NULL, 1);
if (IS_ERR(ofid)) {
err = PTR_ERR(ofid);
P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
ofid = NULL;
goto error;
return ERR_PTR(err);
}

err = p9_client_fcreate(ofid, name, perm, mode, extension);
Expand All @@ -528,14 +526,13 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
}

/* now walk from the parent so we can get unopened fid */
fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 0);
fid = p9_client_walk(dfid, 1, &name, 1);
if (IS_ERR(fid)) {
err = PTR_ERR(fid);
P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "p9_client_walk failed %d\n", err);
fid = NULL;
goto error;
} else
dfid = NULL;
}

/* instantiate inode and assign the unopened fid to the dentry */
inode = v9fs_inode_from_fid(v9ses, fid, dir->i_sb);
Expand All @@ -558,9 +555,6 @@ v9fs_create(struct v9fs_session_info *v9ses, struct inode *dir,
return ofid;

error:
if (dfid)
p9_client_clunk(dfid);

if (ofid)
p9_client_clunk(ofid);

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