linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/page_alloc: remove unnecessary next_page in break_down_buddy

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Message-Id: <20230826154745.4019371-4-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Date:   Sat, 26 Aug 2023 23:47:45 +0800
From:   Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
To:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org,
        naoya.horiguchi@....com, osalvador@...e.de
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/3] mm/page_alloc: remove unnecessary next_page in break_down_buddy_pages

The next_page is only used to forward page in case target is in second
harf range. Move forward page directly to remove unnecessary next_page.

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
---
 mm/page_alloc.c | 6 ++----
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page_alloc.c b/mm/page_alloc.c
index bb74b40dc195..1c35ee022dde 100644
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c
+++ b/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -6492,20 +6492,18 @@ static void break_down_buddy_pages(struct zone *zone, struct page *page,
 				   int migratetype)
 {
 	unsigned long size = 1 << high;
-	struct page *current_buddy, *next_page;
+	struct page *current_buddy;
 
 	while (high > low) {
 		high--;
 		size >>= 1;
 
 		if (target >= &page[size]) {
-			next_page = page + size;
 			current_buddy = page;
+			page = page + size;
 		} else {
-			next_page = page;
 			current_buddy = page + size;
 		}
-		page = next_page;
 
 		if (set_page_guard(zone, current_buddy, high, migratetype))
 			continue;
-- 
2.30.0