1 files changed, 44 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/fs/eventpoll.c b/fs/eventpoll.c
index ff12f7a..ed38801 100644
--- a/fs/eventpoll.c
+++ b/fs/eventpoll.c
@@ -316,6 +316,19 @@ static void ep_nested_calls_init(struct nested_calls *ncalls)
 }
 
 /**
+ * ep_events_available - Checks if ready events might be available.
+ *
+ * @ep: Pointer to the eventpoll context.
+ *
+ * Returns: Returns a value different than zero if ready events are available,
+ *          or zero otherwise.
+ */
+static inline int ep_events_available(struct eventpoll *ep)
+{
+	return !list_empty(&ep->rdllist) || ep->ovflist != EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
+}
+
+/**
  * ep_call_nested - Perform a bound (possibly) nested call, by checking
  *                  that the recursion limit is not exceeded, and that
  *                  the same nested call (by the meaning of same cookie) is
@@ -1135,12 +1148,29 @@ static inline struct timespec ep_set_mstimeout(long ms)
 	return timespec_add_safe(now, ts);
 }
 
+/**
+ * ep_poll - Retrieves ready events, and delivers them to the caller supplied
+ *           event buffer.
+ *
+ * @ep: Pointer to the eventpoll context.
+ * @events: Pointer to the userspace buffer where the ready events should be
+ *          stored.
+ * @maxevents: Size (in terms of number of events) of the caller event buffer.
+ * @timeout: Maximum timeout for the ready events fetch operation, in
+ *           milliseconds. If the @timeout is zero, the function will not block,
+ *           while if the @timeout is less than zero, the function will block
+ *           until at least one event has been retrieved (or an error
+ *           occurred).
+ *
+ * Returns: Returns the number of ready events which have been fetched, or an
+ *          error code, in case of error.
+ */
 static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
 		   int maxevents, long timeout)
 {
-	int res, eavail, timed_out = 0;
+	int res = 0, eavail, timed_out = 0;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	long slack;
+	long slack = 0;
 	wait_queue_t wait;
 	ktime_t expires, *to = NULL;
 
@@ -1151,14 +1181,19 @@ static int ep_poll(struct eventpoll *ep, struct epoll_event __user *events,
 		to = &expires;
 		*to = timespec_to_ktime(end_time);
 	} else if (timeout == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Avoid the unnecessary trip to the wait queue loop, if the
+		 * caller specified a non blocking operation.
+		 */
 		timed_out = 1;
+		spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
+		goto check_events;
 	}
 
-retry:
+fetch_events:
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&ep->lock, flags);
 
-	res = 0;
-	if (list_empty(&ep->rdllist)) {
+	if (!ep_events_available(ep)) {
 		/*
 		 * We don't have any available event to return to the caller.
 		 * We need to sleep here, and we will be wake up by
@@ -1174,7 +1209,7 @@ retry:
 			 * to TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE before doing the checks.
 			 */
 			set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
-			if (!list_empty(&ep->rdllist) || timed_out)
+			if (ep_events_available(ep) || timed_out)
 				break;
 			if (signal_pending(current)) {
 				res = -EINTR;
@@ -1191,8 +1226,9 @@ retry:
 
 		set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	}
+check_events:
 	/* Is it worth to try to dig for events ? */
-	eavail = !list_empty(&ep->rdllist) || ep->ovflist != EP_UNACTIVE_PTR;
+	eavail = ep_events_available(ep);
 
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&ep->lock, flags);
 
@@ -1203,7 +1239,7 @@ retry:
 	 */
 	if (!res && eavail &&
 	    !(res = ep_send_events(ep, events, maxevents)) && !timed_out)
-		goto retry;
+		goto fetch_events;
 
 	return res;
 }