linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] mm, hugetlb: remove redundant list_empty check in gather_surplus

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Date:	Mon, 29 Jul 2013 17:30:17 +0800
From:	Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>
To:	Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	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>,
	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 5/9] mm, hugetlb: remove redundant list_empty check in gather_surplus_pages()

On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com> wrote:
> If list is empty, list_for_each_entry_safe() doesn't do anything.
> So, this check is redundant. Remove it.
>
> Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Joonsoo Kim <iamjoonsoo.kim@....com>
>
Acked-by: Hillf Danton <dhillf@...il.com>

> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 87d7637..2e52afea 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -1020,11 +1020,8 @@ 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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