The patch titled Subject: mm/sparse.c: fix error path in sparse_add_one_section has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/sparse.c: fix error path in sparse_add_one_section simplification suggested by Oscar Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180706223358.742-1-ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/sparse.c | 9 +++------ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff -puN mm/sparse.c~mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2 mm/sparse.c --- a/mm/sparse.c~mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2 +++ a/mm/sparse.c @@ -753,12 +753,9 @@ int __meminit sparse_add_one_section(str * plus, it does a kmalloc */ ret = sparse_index_init(section_nr, pgdat->node_id); - if (ret < 0) { - if (ret == -EEXIST) - ret = 0; - else - return ret; - } + if (ret < 0 && ret != -EEXIST) + return ret; + ret = 0; memmap = kmalloc_section_memmap(section_nr, pgdat->node_id, altmap); if (!memmap) return -ENOMEM; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix.patch mm-sparse-make-sparse_init_one_section-void-and-remove-check-fix-2.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html