linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm/slab.c: clean code by removing redundant if condition

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Date:   Wed, 16 Sep 2020 01:03:29 +0200
From:   mateusznosek0@...il.com
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>, cl@...ux.com,
        penberg@...nel.org, rientjes@...gle.com, iamjoonsoo.kim@....com,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm/slab.c: clean code by removing redundant if condition

From: Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>

The removed code was unnecessary and changed nothing in the flow, since
in case of returning NULL by 'kmem_cache_alloc_node' returning 'freelist'
from the function in question is the same as returning NULL.

Signed-off-by: Mateusz Nosek <mateusznosek0@...il.com>
---
 mm/slab.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/slab.c b/mm/slab.c
index 3160dff6fd76..8f2fd224c1f0 100644
--- a/mm/slab.c
+++ b/mm/slab.c
@@ -2301,8 +2301,6 @@ static void *alloc_slabmgmt(struct kmem_cache *cachep,
 		/* Slab management obj is off-slab. */
 		freelist = kmem_cache_alloc_node(cachep->freelist_cache,
 					      local_flags, nodeid);
-		if (!freelist)
-			return NULL;
 	} else {
 		/* We will use last bytes at the slab for freelist */
 		freelist = addr + (PAGE_SIZE << cachep->gfporder) -
-- 
2.20.1