From: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm/huge_memory.c: remove unnecessary local variable ret2 There is no need to use a new local variable ret2 to get the return value of handle_userfault(). Use ret directly to make code more succinct. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210210072409.60587-1-linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/huge_memory.c | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) --- a/mm/huge_memory.c~mm-huge_memoryc-remove-unnecessary-local-variable-ret2 +++ a/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -624,14 +624,12 @@ static vm_fault_t __do_huge_pmd_anonymou /* Deliver the page fault to userland */ if (userfaultfd_missing(vma)) { - vm_fault_t ret2; - spin_unlock(vmf->ptl); put_page(page); pte_free(vma->vm_mm, pgtable); - ret2 = handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MISSING); - VM_BUG_ON(ret2 & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK); - return ret2; + ret = handle_userfault(vmf, VM_UFFD_MISSING); + VM_BUG_ON(ret & VM_FAULT_FALLBACK); + return ret; } entry = mk_huge_pmd(page, vma->vm_page_prot); _