On Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:53:54 -0400 Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Add else to split mutually exclusive case and avoid some unnecessary check. > > --- a/mm/mempool.c > +++ b/mm/mempool.c > @@ -60,9 +60,8 @@ static void check_element(mempool_t *pool, void *element) > /* Mempools backed by slab allocator */ > if (pool->free == mempool_free_slab || pool->free == mempool_kfree) > __check_element(pool, element, ksize(element)); > - > /* Mempools backed by page allocator */ > - if (pool->free == mempool_free_pages) { > + else if (pool->free == mempool_free_pages) { > int order = (int)(long)pool->pool_data; > void *addr = kmap_atomic((struct page *)element); > It doesn't seem to change code generation (compiler is smart), but I think it helps readability.