[PATCH v3 4/4] x86/mm: delete unnecessary arg from split_mem_range()

From: Brendan Jackman

Date: Wed Jun 24 2026 - 08:37:49 EST


This function is only called from one place, where the arg is zero i.e.
the struct map_range[] is cleared. Since there's no usecase for
"appending" ranges just delete the argument.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/init.c | 5 +++--
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
index 1c9e6d8ebb8d7..0fc489d52874d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c
@@ -398,12 +398,13 @@ static const char *page_size_string(struct map_range *mr)
return str_4k;
}

-static int __meminit split_mem_range(struct map_range *mr, int nr_range,
+static int __meminit split_mem_range(struct map_range *mr,
unsigned long start,
unsigned long end)
{
unsigned long start_pfn, end_pfn, limit_pfn;
unsigned long pfn;
+ int nr_range = 0;
int i;

limit_pfn = PFN_DOWN(end);
@@ -544,7 +545,7 @@ void __ref init_memory_mapping(unsigned long start,
start, end - 1);

memset(mr, 0, sizeof(mr));
- nr_range = split_mem_range(mr, 0, start, end);
+ nr_range = split_mem_range(mr, start, end);

for (i = 0; i < nr_range; i++)
kernel_physical_mapping_init(mr[i].start, mr[i].end,

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2.54.0