Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unneeded PageAnon check in restore_exclusive_pte()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Jul 18 2022 - 09:03:21 EST


On 16.07.22 10:18, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> When code reaches here, the page must be !PageAnon. There's no need to
> check PageAnon again. Remove it.
>
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/memory.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index f671b2dce1fe..d98f89cee3e9 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -753,7 +753,7 @@ static void restore_exclusive_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> * Currently device exclusive access only supports anonymous
> * memory so the entry shouldn't point to a filebacked page.
> */
> - WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageAnon(page));
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
>
> set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, ptep, pte);
>

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb