From: Ken Chen Since the tail pointer in aio_ring structure never wrap ring size more than once, so a simple compare is sufficient to wrap the index around. This avoid a more expensive mod operation. Signed-off-by: Ken Chen Cc: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: Suparna Bhattacharya Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- fs/aio.c | 3 ++- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN fs/aio.c~aio-ring-tail fs/aio.c --- 25/fs/aio.c~aio-ring-tail 2005-04-26 20:12:18.807405192 -0700 +++ 25-akpm/fs/aio.c 2005-04-26 20:12:18.811404584 -0700 @@ -978,7 +978,8 @@ int fastcall aio_complete(struct kiocb * tail = info->tail; event = aio_ring_event(info, tail, KM_IRQ0); - tail = (tail + 1) % info->nr; + if (++tail >= info->nr) + tail = 0; event->obj = (u64)(unsigned long)iocb->ki_obj.user; event->data = iocb->ki_user_data; _