[RFC PATCH 2/8] mm/madvise: remove unnecessary check on madvise_dontneed_free()

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From: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>

madvise_dontneed_free() is called only from madvise_vma() and the
behavior is always either MADV_FREE or MADV_DONTNEED. There is no need
to check again in madvise_dontneed_free() if the behavior is any
different.

Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Colin Cross <ccross@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suren Baghdasarya <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/madvise.c | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/madvise.c b/mm/madvise.c
index a2b05352ebfe..fe843513a4e8 100644
--- a/mm/madvise.c
+++ b/mm/madvise.c
@@ -820,10 +820,8 @@ static long madvise_dontneed_free(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 
 	if (behavior == MADV_DONTNEED)
 		return madvise_dontneed_single_vma(vma, start, end);
-	else if (behavior == MADV_FREE)
+	else /* behavior == MADV_FREE */
 		return madvise_free_single_vma(vma, start, end);
-	else
-		return -EINVAL;
 }
 
 static long madvise_populate(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-- 
2.25.1





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