linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 07/17] kvm: arm/arm64: Remove spurious WARN

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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 14:15:17 +0100
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
To:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        kvm@...r.kernel.org, cdall@...nel.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        punit.agrawal@....com, will.deacon@....com,
        catalin.marinas@....com, pbonzini@...hat.com, rkrcmar@...hat.com,
        ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org, peter.maydell@...aro.org,
        kristina.martsenko@....com, mark.rutland@....com,
        Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 07/17] kvm: arm/arm64: Remove spurious WARN_ON

On a 4-level page table pgd entry can be empty, unlike a 3-level
page table. Remove the spurious WARN_ON() in stage_get_pud().

Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
Acked-by: Christoffer Dall <cdall@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>
---
 virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
index 16a19fb..9cba334 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/mmu.c
@@ -862,7 +862,7 @@ static pud_t *stage2_get_pud(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_mmu_memory_cache *cache
 	pud_t *pud;
 
 	pgd = kvm->arch.pgd + stage2_pgd_index(addr);
-	if (WARN_ON(stage2_pgd_none(*pgd))) {
+	if (stage2_pgd_none(*pgd)) {
 		if (!cache)
 			return NULL;
 		pud = mmu_memory_cache_alloc(cache);
-- 
2.7.4