linux-kernel - [Patch v4 2/7] mm/hugetlb: remove VM_BUG_ON(!nrg) in get_file_region_entry_from

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Message-Id: <20200901014636.29737-3-richard.weiyang@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Tue,  1 Sep 2020 09:46:31 +0800
From:   Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     mike.kravetz@...cle.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, bhe@...hat.com,
        Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Subject: [Patch v4 2/7] mm/hugetlb: remove VM_BUG_ON(!nrg) in get_file_region_entry_from_cache()

We are sure to get a valid file_region, otherwise the
VM_BUG_ON(resv->region_cache_count <= 0) at the very beginning would be
triggered.

Let's remove the redundant one.

Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@...ux.alibaba.com>
Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index db6af2654f12..fbaf49bc1d26 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -240,7 +240,6 @@ get_file_region_entry_from_cache(struct resv_map *resv, long from, long to)
 
 	resv->region_cache_count--;
 	nrg = list_first_entry(&resv->region_cache, struct file_region, link);
-	VM_BUG_ON(!nrg);
 	list_del(&nrg->link);
 
 	nrg->from = from;
-- 
2.20.1 (Apple Git-117)