[PATCH 2/8] mm/memory-failure.c: avoid walking page table when vma_address() return -EFAULT

From: Miaohe Lin
Date: Thu Feb 10 2022 - 09:21:25 EST


It's unnecessary to walk the page table when vma_address() return -EFAULT.
Return early if so to save some cpu cycles.

Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory-failure.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory-failure.c b/mm/memory-failure.c
index b3ff7e99a421..f86819145ea8 100644
--- a/mm/memory-failure.c
+++ b/mm/memory-failure.c
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ static unsigned long dev_pagemap_mapping_shift(struct page *page,
pmd_t *pmd;
pte_t *pte;

+ if (address == -EFAULT)
+ return 0;
pgd = pgd_offset(vma->vm_mm, address);
if (!pgd_present(*pgd))
return 0;
--
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