Question About Functions "__free_pages_check" and "check_new_page" in page_alloc.c

["Wang Xiaoqiang" <wang_xiaoq@xxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

    I am really confused about these two functions. The following code snippet:

	if (unlikely(atomic_read(&page->_mapcount) != -1))
		bad_reason = "nonzero mapcount";
	if (unlikely(page->mapping != NULL))
		bad_reason = "non-NULL mapping";
	if (unlikely(page_ref_count(page) != 0))
		bad_reason = "nonzero _count";
        ...
Wouldn't the previous value of "bad_reason" be overwritten by 
the later? Hope to receive from you.

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thx!

Wang Xiaoqiang