linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 06/10] mm, hugetlb: remove redundant list_empty check in gather_surplus

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Message-Id: <1374482191-3500-7-git-send-email-iamjoonsoo.kim@lge.com>
Date:	Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:36:27 +0900
From:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>,
	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Davidlohr Bueso <davidlohr.bueso@...com>,
	David Gibson <david@...son.dropbear.id.au>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Joonsoo Kim <js1304@...il.com>,
	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 06/10] mm, hugetlb: remove redundant list_empty check in gather_surplus_pages()

If list is empty, list_for_each_entry_safe() doesn't do anything.
So, this check is redundant. Remove it.

Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 3ac0a6f..7ca8733 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1017,11 +1017,8 @@ free:
 	spin_unlock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 	/* Free unnecessary surplus pages to the buddy allocator */
-	if (!list_empty(&surplus_list)) {
-		list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru) {
-			put_page(page);
-		}
-	}
+	list_for_each_entry_safe(page, tmp, &surplus_list, lru)
+		put_page(page);
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 
 	return ret;
-- 
1.7.9.5

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