linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/9] mm/z3fold: remove confusing local variable l reassignment

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Date:   Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:25:29 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     <vitaly.wool@...sulko.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/9] mm/z3fold: remove confusing local variable l reassignment

The local variable l holds the address of unbuddied[i] which won't change
after we take the pool lock. Remove it to avoid confusion.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
---
 mm/z3fold.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/z3fold.c b/mm/z3fold.c
index 2f848ea45b4d..adc0b3fa4906 100644
--- a/mm/z3fold.c
+++ b/mm/z3fold.c
@@ -876,7 +876,6 @@ static inline struct z3fold_header *__z3fold_alloc(struct z3fold_pool *pool,
 
 		/* Re-check under lock. */
 		spin_lock(&pool->lock);
-		l = &unbuddied[i];
 		if (unlikely(zhdr != list_first_entry(READ_ONCE(l),
 						struct z3fold_header, buddy)) ||
 		    !z3fold_page_trylock(zhdr)) {
-- 
2.23.0