Since commit c5e79ef561b0 ("mm/memory_hotplug.c: don't allow to online/offline memory blocks with holes") we disallow to offline any memory with holes. As all boot memory is online and hotplugged memory cannot contain holes, we never online memory with holes. This present check can be dropped. Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/page_ext.c | 5 +---- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/page_ext.c b/mm/page_ext.c index 4ade843ff588..a3616f7a0e9e 100644 --- a/mm/page_ext.c +++ b/mm/page_ext.c @@ -303,11 +303,8 @@ static int __meminit online_page_ext(unsigned long start_pfn, VM_BUG_ON(!node_state(nid, N_ONLINE)); } - for (pfn = start; !fail && pfn < end; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) { - if (!pfn_present(pfn)) - continue; + for (pfn = start; !fail && pfn < end; pfn += PAGES_PER_SECTION) fail = init_section_page_ext(pfn, nid); - } if (!fail) return 0; -- 2.24.1