On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 04:10:23PM +0900, Leesoo Ahn wrote: > sparse_buffer_fini(..) takes the following actions even though the value of > sparsemap_buf is NULL, > 1. calculate size of sparsemap buffer (which is meaningless). > 2. set sparsemap_buf variable to NULL (although it is already NULL). > > These steps are unnecessary if the variable, sparsemap_buf is NULL. > > Refactor the function to return right away if the variable is NULL. > Hence, it doesn't need to take further actions. sparse_buffer_fini() is called a few times on init so saving a jump (if at all) does not worth the churn. > Signed-off-by: Leesoo Ahn <lsahn@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/sparse.c | 8 ++++++-- > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c > index e4b830091d13..091e4bc2f72c 100644 > --- a/mm/sparse.c > +++ b/mm/sparse.c > @@ -469,9 +469,13 @@ static void __init sparse_buffer_init(unsigned long size, int nid) > > static void __init sparse_buffer_fini(void) > { > - unsigned long size = sparsemap_buf_end - sparsemap_buf; > + unsigned long size; > > - if (sparsemap_buf && size > 0) > + if (!sparsemap_buf) > + return; > + > + size = sparsemap_buf_end - sparsemap_buf; > + if (size > 0) > sparse_buffer_free(size); > sparsemap_buf = NULL; > } > -- > 2.34.1 > > -- Sincerely yours, Mike.