[PATCH] convert hugetlbfs_counter to atomic
Implementation of hugetlbfs_counter() is functionally equivalent to
atomic_inc_return(). Use the simpler atomic form.
Signed-off-by: Ken Chen <kenneth.w.chen@intel.com>
Cc: David Gibson <david@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
index 1a1c2fc..25fa8bb 100644
--- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -737,21 +737,6 @@
static struct vfsmount *hugetlbfs_vfsmount;
-/*
- * Return the next identifier for a shm file
- */
-static unsigned long hugetlbfs_counter(void)
-{
- static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(lock);
- static unsigned long counter;
- unsigned long ret;
-
- spin_lock(&lock);
- ret = ++counter;
- spin_unlock(&lock);
- return ret;
-}
-
static int can_do_hugetlb_shm(void)
{
return likely(capable(CAP_IPC_LOCK) ||
@@ -767,6 +752,7 @@
struct dentry *dentry, *root;
struct qstr quick_string;
char buf[16];
+ static atomic_t counter;
if (!can_do_hugetlb_shm())
return ERR_PTR(-EPERM);
@@ -775,7 +761,7 @@
return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
root = hugetlbfs_vfsmount->mnt_root;
- snprintf(buf, 16, "%lu", hugetlbfs_counter());
+ snprintf(buf, 16, "%u", atomic_inc_return(&counter));
quick_string.name = buf;
quick_string.len = strlen(quick_string.name);
quick_string.hash = 0;