linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm/khugepaged: remove unnecessary goto 'skip' label

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Message-ID: <5d0b97e3-c617-4650-8f24-f67538418012@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 10:14:11 +0100
From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@...nel.org>
To: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>, Andrew Morton
 <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Zi Yan <ziy@...dia.com>, Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@...ux.alibaba.com>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>, Nico Pache
 <npache@...hat.com>, Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@....com>,
 Dev Jain <dev.jain@....com>, Barry Song <baohua@...nel.org>,
 Lance Yang <lance.yang@...ux.dev>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
 linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-trace-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/3] mm/khugepaged: remove unnecessary goto 'skip' label

On 12/16/25 12:11, Shivank Garg wrote:
> Replace 'goto skip' with actual logic for better code readability.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shivank Garg <shivankg@....com>
> ---
>   mm/khugepaged.c | 7 ++++---
>   1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/khugepaged.c b/mm/khugepaged.c
> index 6c8c35d3e0c9..107146f012b1 100644
> --- a/mm/khugepaged.c
> +++ b/mm/khugepaged.c
> @@ -2442,14 +2442,15 @@ static unsigned int khugepaged_scan_mm_slot(unsigned int pages, int *result,
>   			break;
>   		}
>   		if (!thp_vma_allowable_order(vma, vma->vm_flags, TVA_KHUGEPAGED, PMD_ORDER)) {
> -skip:
>   			progress++;
>   			continue;
>   		}
>   		hstart = round_up(vma->vm_start, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
>   		hend = round_down(vma->vm_end, HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
> -		if (khugepaged_scan.address > hend)
> -			goto skip;
> +		if (khugepaged_scan.address > hend) {
> +			progress++;
> +			continue;
> +		}
>   		if (khugepaged_scan.address < hstart)
>   			khugepaged_scan.address = hstart;
>   		VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_scan.address & ~HPAGE_PMD_MASK);

Oh yes, please

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@...nel.org>

-- 
Cheers

David