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[NET]: Make use of ->private_data in sockfd_lookup

Please consider the patch below which makes use of file->private_data to
store the pointer to the socket, which avoids touching several unused
cachelines in the dentry and inode in sockfd_lookup.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Benjamin LaHaise 20 years ago
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      net/socket.c

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net/socket.c

@@ -404,6 +404,7 @@ int sock_map_fd(struct socket *sock)
 		file->f_mode = FMODE_READ | FMODE_WRITE;
 		file->f_flags = O_RDWR;
 		file->f_pos = 0;
+		file->private_data = sock;
 		fd_install(fd, file);
 	}
 
@@ -436,6 +437,9 @@ struct socket *sockfd_lookup(int fd, int *err)
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (file->f_op == &socket_file_ops)
+		return file->private_data;	/* set in sock_map_fd */
+
 	inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
 	if (!S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode)) {
 		*err = -ENOTSOCK;