Commit 9bae3197e15d ("x86/ldt: Split out sanity check in map_ldt_struct()") moved page table syncing into a separate funtion. pgd variable is now unsed in map_ldt_struct(). Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c index e32f3427438a..5dc8ed202fa8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c @@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ map_ldt_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct ldt_struct *ldt, int slot) unsigned long va; bool is_vmalloc; spinlock_t *ptl; - pgd_t *pgd; int i, nr_pages; if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI)) @@ -221,13 +220,6 @@ map_ldt_struct(struct mm_struct *mm, struct ldt_struct *ldt, int slot) /* Check if the current mappings are sane */ sanity_check_ldt_mapping(mm); - /* - * Did we already have the top level entry allocated? We can't - * use pgd_none() for this because it doens't do anything on - * 4-level page table kernels. - */ - pgd = pgd_offset(mm, LDT_BASE_ADDR); - is_vmalloc = is_vmalloc_addr(ldt->entries); nr_pages = DIV_ROUND_UP(ldt->nr_entries * LDT_ENTRY_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE); -- 2.19.1