linux-kernel - [PATCH V2 1/4] xen/unpopulated-alloc: Drop check for virt_addr_valid() in fill

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Message-Id: <1635264312-3796-2-git-send-email-olekstysh@gmail.com>
Date:   Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:05:09 +0300
From:   Oleksandr Tyshchenko <olekstysh@...il.com>
To:     xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@...nel.org>,
        Julien Grall <julien@....org>
Subject: [PATCH V2 1/4] xen/unpopulated-alloc: Drop check for virt_addr_valid() in fill_list()

From: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>

If memremap_pages() succeeds the range is guaranteed to have proper page
table, there is no need for an additional virt_addr_valid() check.

Signed-off-by: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@...m.com>
---
Changes RFC -> V2:
   - new patch, instead of
     "[RFC PATCH 1/2] arm64: mm: Make virt_addr_valid to check for pfn_valid again"
---
 drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c b/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c
index 87e6b7d..a03dc5b 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/unpopulated-alloc.c
@@ -85,7 +85,6 @@ static int fill_list(unsigned int nr_pages)
 	for (i = 0; i < alloc_pages; i++) {
 		struct page *pg = virt_to_page(vaddr + PAGE_SIZE * i);
 
-		BUG_ON(!virt_addr_valid(vaddr + PAGE_SIZE * i));
 		pg->zone_device_data = page_list;
 		page_list = pg;
 		list_count++;
-- 
2.7.4