Re: [PATCH 01/10] smb/client: reduce loop count in map_smb2_to_linux_error() by half

[ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong.chenxiaosong@linux.dev>]

Thanks for your review.

I'll test these patches as soon as possible. Besides smbtorture and 
xfstests, what other testing tools are available for SMB?

Thanks,
ChenXiaoSong.

On 12/4/25 13:49, Steve French wrote:
> Have merged the first three patches (see below) in this series into
> cifs-2.6.git for-next pending additional review and testing.   The
> other seven may also be ok - but want to look more carefully at them,
> more review appreciated
> 
> ba521f56912f (HEAD -> for-next, origin/for-next) smb: add two elements
> to smb2_error_map_table array
> 905d8999d67d smb/client: remove unused elements from smb2_error_map_table array
> 26866d690bd1 smb/client: reduce loop count in map_smb2_to_linux_error() by half
> 
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2025 at 10:59 PM <chenxiaosong.chenxiaosong@linux.dev> wrote:
>>
>> From: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@kylinos.cn>
>>
>> The smb2_error_map_table array currently has 1740 elements. When searching
>> for the last element and calling smb2_print_status(), 3480 comparisons
>> are needed.
>>
>> The loop in smb2_print_status() is unnecessary, smb2_print_status() can be
>> removed, and only iterate over the array once, printing the message when
>> the target status code is found.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: ChenXiaoSong <chenxiaosong@kylinos.cn>
>> ---
>>   fs/smb/client/smb2maperror.c | 30 ++++++------------------------
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror.c b/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror.c
>> index 12c2b868789f..d1df6e518d21 100644
>> --- a/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror.c
>> +++ b/fs/smb/client/smb2maperror.c
>> @@ -2418,24 +2418,6 @@ static const struct status_to_posix_error smb2_error_map_table[] = {
>>          {0, 0, NULL}
>>   };
>>
>> -/*****************************************************************************
>> - Print an error message from the status code
>> - *****************************************************************************/
>> -static void
>> -smb2_print_status(__le32 status)
>> -{
>> -       int idx = 0;
>> -
>> -       while (smb2_error_map_table[idx].status_string != NULL) {
>> -               if ((smb2_error_map_table[idx].smb2_status) == status) {
>> -                       pr_notice("Status code returned 0x%08x %s\n", status,
>> -                                 smb2_error_map_table[idx].status_string);
>> -               }
>> -               idx++;
>> -       }
>> -       return;
>> -}
>> -
>>   int
>>   map_smb2_to_linux_error(char *buf, bool log_err)
>>   {
>> @@ -2452,16 +2434,16 @@ map_smb2_to_linux_error(char *buf, bool log_err)
>>                  return 0;
>>          }
>>
>> -       /* mask facility */
>> -       if (log_err && (smb2err != STATUS_MORE_PROCESSING_REQUIRED) &&
>> -           (smb2err != STATUS_END_OF_FILE))
>> -               smb2_print_status(smb2err);
>> -       else if (cifsFYI & CIFS_RC)
>> -               smb2_print_status(smb2err);
>> +       log_err = (log_err && (smb2err != STATUS_MORE_PROCESSING_REQUIRED) &&
>> +                  (smb2err != STATUS_END_OF_FILE)) ||
>> +                 (cifsFYI & CIFS_RC);
>>
>>          for (i = 0; i < sizeof(smb2_error_map_table) /
>>                          sizeof(struct status_to_posix_error); i++) {
>>                  if (smb2_error_map_table[i].smb2_status == smb2err) {
>> +                       if (log_err)
>> +                               pr_notice("Status code returned 0x%08x %s\n", smb2err,
>> +                                         smb2_error_map_table[i].status_string);
>>                          rc = smb2_error_map_table[i].posix_error;
>>                          break;
>>                  }
>> --
>> 2.43.0
>>
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