isolate_start_pfn is unused when cc->nr_freepages ! = 0. Otherwise cc->free_pfn will overwrite it unconditionally. So we should remove this unneeded and somewhat misleading assignment. Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/compaction.c b/mm/compaction.c index f9e628a5306a..ee2ddf77191f 100644 --- a/mm/compaction.c +++ b/mm/compaction.c @@ -1586,7 +1586,7 @@ static void isolate_freepages(struct compact_control *cc) unsigned int stride; /* Try a small search of the free lists for a candidate */ - isolate_start_pfn = fast_isolate_freepages(cc); + fast_isolate_freepages(cc); if (cc->nr_freepages) goto splitmap; -- 2.23.0