The patch titled Subject: mm/vmstat.c: use helper macro abs() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-vmstat-use-helper-macro-abs.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-vmstat-use-helper-macro-abs.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-vmstat-use-helper-macro-abs.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: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/vmstat.c: use helper macro abs() Use helper macro abs() to simplify the "x > t || x < -t" cmp. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200905084008.15748-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmstat.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/mm/vmstat.c~mm-vmstat-use-helper-macro-abs +++ a/mm/vmstat.c @@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ void __mod_zone_page_state(struct zone * t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold); - if (unlikely(x > t || x < -t)) { + if (unlikely(abs(x) > t)) { zone_page_state_add(x, zone, item); x = 0; } @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ void __mod_node_page_state(struct pglist t = __this_cpu_read(pcp->stat_threshold); - if (unlikely(x > t || x < -t)) { + if (unlikely(abs(x) > t)) { node_page_state_add(x, pgdat, item); x = 0; } @@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ static inline void mod_zone_state(struct o = this_cpu_read(*p); n = delta + o; - if (n > t || n < -t) { + if (abs(n) > t) { int os = overstep_mode * (t >> 1) ; /* Overflow must be added to zone counters */ @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static inline void mod_node_state(struct o = this_cpu_read(*p); n = delta + o; - if (n > t || n < -t) { + if (abs(n) > t) { int os = overstep_mode * (t >> 1) ; /* Overflow must be added to node counters */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-vmstat-use-helper-macro-abs.patch mm-migrate-avoid-possible-unnecessary-process-right-check-in-kernel_move_pages.patch