Re: [PATCH -next 3/3] mm/debug_vm_pgtable: Remove useless pfn_pmd()

From: Anshuman Khandual
Date: Thu Apr 01 2021 - 14:44:54 EST




On 4/1/21 7:53 AM, Shixin Liu wrote:
> The call to pfn_pmd() here is redundant.
>
> Signed-off-by: Shixin Liu <liushixin2@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 1 -
> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> index c379bbe42c2a..9f4c4a114229 100644
> --- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> +++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> @@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ static void __init pmd_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>
> pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(mm, pmdp, pgtable);
>
> - pmd = pfn_pmd(pfn, prot);
> set_pmd_at(mm, vaddr, pmdp, pmd);
> pmdp_set_wrprotect(mm, vaddr, pmdp);
> pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
>

Instead drop the first pfn_pmd(), as that pmd would not be required
when THP is not enabled. Also, please fold this with the first patch.