Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/hugetlb: Remove unnecessary if condition

From: Joshua Hahn

Date: Fri Jan 16 2026 - 11:45:05 EST


On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 17:39:39 -0800 SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:14:36 -0500 Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > if (map_chg) is always true, since it is nested in another if statement
> > which checks for it already. Remove the check and un-indent for readability.
> >
> > if (unlikely(map_chg == MAP_CHG_NEEDED && retval == 0)) {
> > ...
> >
> > if (map_chg) {
> > ...
> > }
> > }
> >
> > No functional change intended.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Joshua Hahn <joshua.hahnjy@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: SeongJae Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thank you, SJ!

> > ---
> > mm/hugetlb.c | 12 +++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > index 88b9e997c9da..432a5054ca1d 100644
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > @@ -3019,13 +3019,11 @@ struct folio *alloc_hugetlb_folio(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> >
> > rsv_adjust = hugepage_subpool_put_pages(spool, 1);
> > hugetlb_acct_memory(h, -rsv_adjust);
> > - if (map_chg) {
> > - spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
> > - hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_folio_rsvd(
> > - hstate_index(h), pages_per_huge_page(h),
> > - folio);
> > - spin_unlock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
> > - }
> > + spin_lock_irq(&hugetlb_lock);
> > + hugetlb_cgroup_uncharge_folio_rsvd(
> > + hstate_index(h), pages_per_huge_page(h),
> > + folio);
>
> Nit. Good chance to reduce one more line by putting 'folio' on the upper line?

Ack, will include in the next version of this : -) I hope you have a great day!
Joshua