goto Einval;
 
        inode = file->f_dentry->d_inode;
-       if (inode->i_flock && MANDATORY_LOCK(inode)) {
+       if (unlikely(inode->i_flock && MANDATORY_LOCK(inode))) {
                int retval = locks_mandatory_area(
                        read_write == READ ? FLOCK_VERIFY_READ : FLOCK_VERIFY_WRITE,
                        inode, file, pos, count);
 
  * @flags:     splice modifier flags
  *
  * Will read pages from given file and fill them into a pipe.
- *
  */
 ssize_t generic_file_splice_read(struct file *in, struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
                                 size_t len, unsigned int flags)
 
                mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
                err = generic_osync_inode(mapping->host, mapping,
-                                               OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
+                                         OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA);
                mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
                if (err)
        loff_t pos;
        int ret;
 
-       if (!out->f_op || !out->f_op->splice_write)
+       if (unlikely(!out->f_op || !out->f_op->splice_write))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
+       if (unlikely(!(out->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE)))
                return -EBADF;
 
        pos = out->f_pos;
        loff_t pos, isize, left;
        int ret;
 
-       if (!in->f_op || !in->f_op->splice_read)
+       if (unlikely(!in->f_op || !in->f_op->splice_read))
                return -EINVAL;
 
-       if (!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
+       if (unlikely(!(in->f_mode & FMODE_READ)))
                return -EBADF;
 
        pos = in->f_pos;
                return 0;
        
        left = isize - in->f_pos;
-       if (left < len)
+       if (unlikely(left < len))
                len = left;
 
        return in->f_op->splice_read(in, pipe, len, flags);
         * 'out' and transfer the wanted data from 'in' to 'out' through that
         */
        pipe = current->splice_pipe;
-       if (!pipe) {
+       if (unlikely(!pipe)) {
                pipe = alloc_pipe_info(NULL);
                if (!pipe)
                        return -ENOMEM;