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Message-ID: <20250603134844.GI386142@ziepe.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 10:48:44 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, gerald.schaefer@...ux.ibm.com,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 08/12] mm/khugepaged: Remove redundant pmd_devmap() check

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 04:32:09PM +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> The only users of pmd_devmap were device dax and fs dax. The check for
> pmd_devmap() in check_pmd_state() is therefore redundant as callers
> explicitly check for is_zone_device_page(), so this check can be dropped.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
> ---
>  mm/khugepaged.c | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason

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