From: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> There is no mount option with pattern "...,=key_or_value,...", so the if condition '(value == key)' in while loop of vfs_parse_monolithic_sep() is is unlikely true. Mark the condition with unlikely() to improve both performance and readability. Signed-off-by: Zijun Hu <quic_zijuhu@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs_context.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/fs_context.c b/fs/fs_context.c index 582d33e8111739402d38dc9fc268e7d14ced3c49..284301d88bc90ef462a08c9ea893f822075a6d4d 100644 --- a/fs/fs_context.c +++ b/fs/fs_context.c @@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ int vfs_parse_monolithic_sep(struct fs_context *fc, void *data, char *value = strchr(key, '='); if (value) { - if (value == key) + if (unlikely(value == key)) continue; *value++ = 0; v_len = strlen(value); -- 2.34.1