[PATCH] mm/slub.c: freelist is ensured to be NULL when new_slab() fails
From: Peng Wang
Date: Sat Dec 29 2018 - 01:32:55 EST
new_slab_objects() will return immediately if freelist is not NULL.
if (freelist)
return freelist;
One more assignment operation could be avoided.
Signed-off-by: Peng Wang <rocking@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/slub.c | 3 +--
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
index 36c0befeebd8..cf2ef4ababff 100644
--- a/mm/slub.c
+++ b/mm/slub.c
@@ -2463,8 +2463,7 @@ static inline void *new_slab_objects(struct kmem_cache *s, gfp_t flags,
stat(s, ALLOC_SLAB);
c->page = page;
*pc = c;
- } else
- freelist = NULL;
+ }
return freelist;
}
--
2.19.1