linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] mm/hugeltb: simplify the return code of __vma_reservation

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Message-ID: <6412045f-f115-0872-7645-6057f0369c57@oracle.com>
Date:   Mon, 12 Apr 2021 11:26:51 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linfeilong@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 2/5] mm/hugeltb: simplify the return code of
 __vma_reservation_common()

On 4/10/21 12:23 AM, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> It's guaranteed that the vma is associated with a resv_map, i.e. either
> VM_MAYSHARE or HPAGE_RESV_OWNER, when the code reaches here or we would
> have returned via !resv check above. So it's unneeded to check whether
> HPAGE_RESV_OWNER is set here. Simplify the return code to make it more
> clear.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>

Thanks,

Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
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Mike Kravetz