linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] memcgroup: remove a useless VM_BUG

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Message-ID: <47B93DD6.9030309@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:42:06 +0530
From:	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
CC:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, containers@...ts.linux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] memcgroup: remove a useless VM_BUG_ON()

Li Zefan wrote:
> Remove this VM_BUG_ON(), as Balbir stated:
> 
> We used to have a for loop with !list_empty() as a termination condition
> and VM_BUG_ON(!pc) is a spill over. With the new loop, VM_BUG_ON(!pc) does not
> make sense.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zefan <lizf@...fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  mm/memcontrol.c |    1 -
>  1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c
> index 718acf8..631002d 100644
> --- a/mm/memcontrol.c
> +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c
> @@ -534,7 +534,6 @@ unsigned long mem_cgroup_isolate_pages(unsigned long nr_to_scan,
>  		if (scan >= nr_to_scan)
>  			break;
>  		page = pc->page;
> -		VM_BUG_ON(!pc);
> 
>  		if (unlikely(!PageLRU(page)))
>  			continue;

This seems much better

Acked-by: Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>


-- 
	Warm Regards,
	Balbir Singh
	Linux Technology Center
	IBM, ISTL
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