compound_mapcount() is only called after PageCompound() has already been checked by the caller, so there's no point to check it again. Gcc may optimize it away too because it's inline but this will remove the runtime check for sure and add it'll add an assert instead. Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/mm.h | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 263f229..726ba80 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -471,8 +471,7 @@ static inline atomic_t *compound_mapcount_ptr(struct page *page) static inline int compound_mapcount(struct page *page) { - if (!PageCompound(page)) - return 0; + VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageCompound(page), page); page = compound_head(page); return atomic_read(compound_mapcount_ptr(page)) + 1; } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>