The lock is released first thing in all three branches. Simplify this by unconditionally releasing lock and remove else clause which was only there to be sure lock was released. Signed-off-by: Chris Wright <chrisw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 6 ++---- 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 615d974..a032ddd 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1596,14 +1596,13 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm) list_del(&mm_slot->mm_node); free = 1; } + spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock); if (free) { - spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock); clear_bit(MMF_VM_HUGEPAGE, &mm->flags); free_mm_slot(mm_slot); mmdrop(mm); } else if (mm_slot) { - spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock); /* * This is required to serialize against * khugepaged_test_exit() (which is guaranteed to run @@ -1614,8 +1613,7 @@ void __khugepaged_exit(struct mm_struct *mm) */ down_write(&mm->mmap_sem); up_write(&mm->mmap_sem); - } else - spin_unlock(&khugepaged_mm_lock); + } } static void release_pte_page(struct page *page) -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxx For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Fight unfair telecom internet charges in Canada: sign http://stopthemeter.ca/ Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>