linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] mm/mmap: remove unnecessary vp->vma check in vma

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Date:   Tue, 28 Feb 2023 18:27:19 -0800
From:   Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     sfr@...b.auug.org.au, error27@...il.com, willy@...radead.org,
        david@...hat.com, Liam.Howlett@...cle.com, jgg@...pe.ca,
        yuzhao@...gle.com, dhowells@...hat.com, hughd@...gle.com,
        mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com, pasha.tatashin@...een.com,
        laurent.dufour@...ibm.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, surenb@...gle.com,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm/mmap: remove unnecessary vp->vma check in vma_prepare

vp->vma in vma_prepare() is always non-NULL, therefore checking it is
not necessary. Remove the extra check.

Fixes: e8f071350ea5 ("mm/mmap: write-lock VMAs in vma_prepare before modifying them")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@...il.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/202302281802.J93Nma7q-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
---
Fix cleanly apply over mm-unstable, SHA in "Fixes" is from that tree.

 mm/mmap.c | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 0cd3714c2182..0759d53b470c 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -505,8 +505,7 @@ static inline void init_vma_prep(struct vma_prepare *vp,
  */
 static inline void vma_prepare(struct vma_prepare *vp)
 {
-	if (vp->vma)
-		vma_start_write(vp->vma);
+	vma_start_write(vp->vma);
 	if (vp->adj_next)
 		vma_start_write(vp->adj_next);
 	/* vp->insert is always a newly created VMA, no need for locking */
-- 
2.39.2.722.g9855ee24e9-goog