linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: pblk: remove unnecessary checks

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Date:   Fri,  7 Jul 2017 21:08:53 +0200
From:   "Javier González" <jg@...htnvm.io>
To:     mb@...htnvm.io, axboe@...com
Cc:     linux-block@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Javier González <javier@...xlabs.com>,
        Matias Bjørling <matias@...xlabs.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] lightnvm: pblk: remove unnecessary checks

Remove unnecessary checks when freeing dma memory in the completion
path.

Signed-off-by: Javier González <javier@...xlabs.com>
Signed-off-by: Matias Bjørling <matias@...xlabs.com>
---
 drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c | 7 +------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
index cc2b9414d17c..3ad9e56d2473 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/pblk-write.c
@@ -39,9 +39,7 @@ static unsigned long pblk_end_w_bio(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 
 	ret = pblk_rb_sync_advance(&pblk->rwb, c_ctx->nr_valid);
 
-	if (rqd->meta_list)
-		nvm_dev_dma_free(dev->parent, rqd->meta_list,
-							rqd->dma_meta_list);
+	nvm_dev_dma_free(dev->parent, rqd->meta_list, rqd->dma_meta_list);
 
 	bio_put(rqd->bio);
 	pblk_free_rqd(pblk, rqd, WRITE);
@@ -224,9 +222,6 @@ static int pblk_alloc_w_rq(struct pblk *pblk, struct nvm_rq *rqd,
 	if (!rqd->meta_list)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	if (unlikely(nr_secs == 1))
-		return 0;
-
 	rqd->ppa_list = rqd->meta_list + pblk_dma_meta_size;
 	rqd->dma_ppa_list = rqd->dma_meta_list + pblk_dma_meta_size;
 
-- 
2.7.4