linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/hmm: remove redundant check non_swap

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Date:   Fri, 12 Jun 2020 12:48:55 -0700
From:   Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
To:     Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
CC:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Jerome Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/hmm: remove redundant check non_swap_entry()


On 6/12/20 12:33 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 12:26:18PM -0700, Ralph Campbell wrote:
>> In zap_pte_range(), the check for non_swap_entry() and
>> is_device_private_entry() is redundant since the latter is a subset of the
>> former. Remove the redundant check to simplify the code and for clarity.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>
>>
>> This is based on the current linux tree and is intended for Andrew's mm
>> tree. There is no rush so it could go into 5.9 but I think it is safe
>> enough to go into an rc after the patch is reviewed.
> 
> Probably shouldn't mark it as mm/hmm if Andrew is going to pick it

OK, I'll mark it as just mm: if I need to repost.

> Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...lanox.com>
> 
> Jason
> 

Thanks!