ext4: avoid fetching btime in ext4_getattr() unless requested
Linus observed that an allmodconfig build which does a lot of stat(2) calls that ext4_getattr() was a noticeable (1%) amount of CPU time, due to the cache line for i_extra_isize getting pulled in. Since the normal stat system call doesn't return btime, it's a complete waste. So only calculate btime when it is explicitly requested. [ Fixed to check against request_mask instead of query_flags. ] Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAHk-=wivmk_j6KbTX+Er64mLrG8abXZo0M10PNdAnHc8fWXfsQ@mail.gmail.comReported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
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