fs: introduce mnt_clone_write

This patch speeds up lmbench lat_mmap test by about another 2% after the
first patch.

Before:
 avg = 462.286
 std = 5.46106

After:
 avg = 453.12
 std = 9.58257

(50 runs of each, stddev gives a reasonable confidence)

It does this by introducing mnt_clone_write, which avoids some heavyweight
operations of mnt_want_write if called on a vfsmount which we know already
has a write count; and mnt_want_write_file, which can call mnt_clone_write
if the file is open for write.

After these two patches, mnt_want_write and mnt_drop_write go from 7% on
the profile down to 1.3% (including mnt_clone_write).

[AV: mnt_want_write_file() should take file alone and derive mnt from it;
not only all callers have that form, but that's the only mnt about which
we know that it's already held for write if file is opened for write]

Cc: Dave Hansen <haveblue@us.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c
index ca337014ae2..a88baebf77c 100644
--- a/fs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/inode.c
@@ -1422,7 +1422,7 @@ void file_update_time(struct file *file)
 	if (IS_NOCMTIME(inode))
 		return;
 
-	err = mnt_want_write(file->f_path.mnt);
+	err = mnt_want_write_file(file);
 	if (err)
 		return;