Re: [PATCH v3 2/2] mm: remove odd HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL

From: Michal Hocko
Date: Wed Apr 11 2018 - 04:33:29 EST


On Wed 11-04-18 10:03:36, Laurent Dufour wrote:
> @@ -881,7 +876,8 @@ struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
>
> if (is_zero_pfn(pfn))
> return NULL;
> -check_pfn:
> +
> +check_pfn: __maybe_unused
> if (unlikely(pfn > highest_memmap_pfn)) {
> print_bad_pte(vma, addr, pte, NULL);
> return NULL;
> @@ -891,7 +887,7 @@ struct page *_vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page tables.
> * eg. VDSO mappings can cause them to exist.
> */
> -out:
> +out: __maybe_unused
> return pfn_to_page(pfn);

Why do we need this ugliness all of the sudden?

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Michal Hocko
SUSE Labs