linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/6] KVM: MMU: remove unnecessary check

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Date:	Sun, 02 Sep 2012 20:57:43 +0800
From:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>, Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, KVM <kvm@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] KVM: MMU: remove unnecessary check

Checking the return of kvm_mmu_get_page is unnecessary since it is
guaranteed by memory cache

Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c |    5 -----
 1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 3c10bca..98cf4bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -2625,11 +2625,6 @@ static int __direct_map(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t v, int write,
 			sp = kvm_mmu_get_page(vcpu, pseudo_gfn, iterator.addr,
 					      iterator.level - 1,
 					      1, ACC_ALL, iterator.sptep);
-			if (!sp) {
-				pgprintk("nonpaging_map: ENOMEM\n");
-				mmu_release_pfn_clean(pfn);
-				return -ENOMEM;
-			}

 			mmu_spte_set(iterator.sptep,
 				     __pa(sp->spt)
-- 
1.7.7.6

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