linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: Remove unused return value of set_huge_zero

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Message-ID: <20210203084816.46307-1-linmiaohe@huawei.com>
Date:   Wed, 3 Feb 2021 03:48:16 -0500
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Remove unused return value of set_huge_zero_page()

The return value of set_huge_zero_page() is always ignored. So we should
drop such return value.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 987cf5e4cf90..360b689bd66a 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -691,20 +691,19 @@ gfp_t vma_thp_gfp_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 }
 
 /* Caller must hold page table lock. */
-static bool set_huge_zero_page(pgtable_t pgtable, struct mm_struct *mm,
+static void set_huge_zero_page(pgtable_t pgtable, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long haddr, pmd_t *pmd,
 		struct page *zero_page)
 {
 	pmd_t entry;
 	if (!pmd_none(*pmd))
-		return false;
+		return;
 	entry = mk_pmd(zero_page, vma->vm_page_prot);
 	entry = pmd_mkhuge(entry);
 	if (pgtable)
 		pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pmd, pgtable);
 	set_pmd_at(mm, haddr, pmd, entry);
 	mm_inc_nr_ptes(mm);
-	return true;
 }
 
 vm_fault_t do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page(struct vm_fault *vmf)
-- 
2.19.1