get_mergeable_page() can only return NULL (also in case of errors) or the pinned mergeable page. It can't return an error different than NULL. This optimizes away the unnecessary error check. Add a return after the "out:" label in the callee to make it more readable. Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/ksm.c | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/ksm.c b/mm/ksm.c index 0183083..b5cd647 100644 --- a/mm/ksm.c +++ b/mm/ksm.c @@ -475,7 +475,8 @@ static struct page *get_mergeable_page(struct rmap_item *rmap_item) flush_dcache_page(page); } else { put_page(page); -out: page = NULL; +out: + page = NULL; } up_read(&mm->mmap_sem); return page; @@ -1358,7 +1359,7 @@ struct rmap_item *unstable_tree_search_insert(struct rmap_item *rmap_item, cond_resched(); tree_rmap_item = rb_entry(*new, struct rmap_item, node); tree_page = get_mergeable_page(tree_rmap_item); - if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tree_page)) + if (!tree_page) return NULL; /* -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>