move ialloc body up, avoiding double check for end of loop

95c07f82 · rsc · 32eea766 · 95c07f82
--- a/fs.c
+++ b/fs.c
@@ -201,20 +201,16 @@ ialloc(uint dev, short type)
    bp = bread(dev, IBLOCK(inum));
    dip = &((struct dinode*)(bp->data))[inum % IPB];
    if(dip->type == 0) {  // a free inode
-      break;
-    }
-    brelse(bp);
-  }
-  if(inum >= ninodes)
-    panic("ialloc: no inodes left");
      memset(dip, 0, sizeof(*dip));
      dip->type = type;
      bwrite(bp, IBLOCK(inum));   // mark it allocated on the disk
      brelse(bp);
      ip = iget(dev, inum);
      return ip;
+    }
+    brelse(bp);
+  }
+  panic("ialloc: no inodes");
 }
 // Free the given inode from its file system.