[PATCH] Small futex improvement

[Luca Barbieri]

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This patch makes the futex code check utime only when waiting.
This makes it possible to do futex wakes without clearing the register
containing the utime parameter.
The code also becomes cleaner.

--- linux-2.5.47_ldb/kernel/futex.c~	2002-11-01 13:31:28.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.5.47_ldb/kernel/futex.c	2002-11-17 21:50:41.000000000 +0100
@@ -314,6 +314,23 @@ out:
 	return ret;
 }
=20
+static inline int futex_wait_utime(unsigned long uaddr,
+		      int offset,
+		      int val,
+		      struct timespec* utime)
+{
+	unsigned long time =3D MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+
+	if (utime) {
+		struct timespec t;
+		if (copy_from_user(&t, utime, sizeof(t)) !=3D 0)
+			return -EFAULT;
+		time =3D timespec_to_jiffies(&t) + 1;
+	}
+
+	return futex_wait(uaddr, offset, val, time);
+}
+
 static int futex_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct futex_q *q =3D filp->private_data;
@@ -421,17 +438,9 @@ out:
=20
 asmlinkage int sys_futex(unsigned long uaddr, int op, int val, struct time=
spec *utime)
 {
-	unsigned long time =3D MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
 	unsigned long pos_in_page;
 	int ret;
=20
-	if (utime) {
-		struct timespec t;
-		if (copy_from_user(&t, utime, sizeof(t)) !=3D 0)
-			return -EFAULT;
-		time =3D timespec_to_jiffies(&t) + 1;
-	}
-
 	pos_in_page =3D uaddr % PAGE_SIZE;
=20
 	/* Must be "naturally" aligned */
@@ -440,7 +449,7 @@ asmlinkage int sys_futex(unsigned long u
=20
 	switch (op) {
 	case FUTEX_WAIT:
-		ret =3D futex_wait(uaddr, pos_in_page, val, time);
+		ret =3D futex_wait_utime(uaddr, pos_in_page, val, utime);
 		break;
 	case FUTEX_WAKE:
 		ret =3D futex_wake(uaddr, pos_in_page, val);

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