linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/pgtable: Drop pXd_none() checks from pXd_free_pYd

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Date:   Wed, 10 Oct 2018 17:23:02 +0100
From:   Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     cpandya@...eaurora.org, toshi.kani@....com, tglx@...utronix.de,
        mhocko@...e.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        sean.j.christopherson@...el.com, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] x86/pgtable: Drop pXd_none() checks from pXd_free_pYd_table()

The core code already has a check for pXd_none(), so remove it from the
architecture implementation.

Cc: Chintan Pandya <cpandya@...eaurora.org>
Cc: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Acked-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 6 ------
 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index ae394552fb94..b4919c44a194 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -796,9 +796,6 @@ int pud_free_pmd_page(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr)
 	pte_t *pte;
 	int i;
 
-	if (pud_none(*pud))
-		return 1;
-
 	pmd = (pmd_t *)pud_page_vaddr(*pud);
 	pmd_sv = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!pmd_sv)
@@ -840,9 +837,6 @@ int pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr)
 {
 	pte_t *pte;
 
-	if (pmd_none(*pmd))
-		return 1;
-
 	pte = (pte_t *)pmd_page_vaddr(*pmd);
 	pmd_clear(pmd);
 
-- 
2.1.4