The mz->usage_in_excess >= mz_node->usage_in_excess check is exactly the else case of mz->usage_in_excess < mz_node->usage_in_excess. So we could replace else if (mz->usage_in_excess >= mz_node->usage_in_excess) with else equally. Also drop the comment which doesn't really explain much. Acked-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/memcontrol.c | 9 ++------- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/memcontrol.c b/mm/memcontrol.c index 2636f8bad908..b080a9434b9e 100644 --- a/mm/memcontrol.c +++ b/mm/memcontrol.c @@ -623,14 +623,9 @@ static void __mem_cgroup_insert_exceeded(struct mem_cgroup_per_node *mz, if (mz->usage_in_excess < mz_node->usage_in_excess) { p = &(*p)->rb_left; rightmost = false; - } - - /* - * We can't avoid mem cgroups that are over their soft - * limit by the same amount - */ - else if (mz->usage_in_excess >= mz_node->usage_in_excess) + } else { p = &(*p)->rb_right; + } } if (rightmost) -- 2.19.1