From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> This function is never called from a context which would provide misaligned pfn range so drop the pointless check. Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> --- mm/memory_hotplug.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memory_hotplug.c b/mm/memory_hotplug.c index 2b2b3ccbbfb5..a92b1b8f6218 100644 --- a/mm/memory_hotplug.c +++ b/mm/memory_hotplug.c @@ -1554,12 +1554,6 @@ static int __ref __offline_pages(unsigned long start_pfn, struct zone *zone; struct memory_notify arg; - /* at least, alignment against pageblock is necessary */ - if (!IS_ALIGNED(start_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages)) - return -EINVAL; - if (!IS_ALIGNED(end_pfn, pageblock_nr_pages)) - return -EINVAL; - mem_hotplug_begin(); /* This makes hotplug much easier...and readable. -- 2.19.1