linux-kernel - [PATCH 09/10] hugetlb: remove meaningless BUG_ON(huge_pte

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Date:   Fri, 26 Aug 2022 17:24:21 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>,
        <songmuchun@...edance.com>
CC:     <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/10] hugetlb: remove meaningless BUG_ON(huge_pte_none())

When code reaches here, invalid page would have been accessed if huge pte
is none. So this BUG_ON(huge_pte_none()) is meaningless. Remove it.

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

diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index b432a00061e3..0ef26dbdc7f8 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -5374,7 +5374,6 @@ static vm_fault_t hugetlb_wp(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			u32 hash;
 
 			put_page(old_page);
-			BUG_ON(huge_pte_none(pte));
 			/*
 			 * Drop hugetlb_fault_mutex and vma_lock before
 			 * unmapping.  unmapping needs to hold vma_lock
-- 
2.23.0