The patch titled Subject: mm: compaction: remove duplicate !list_empty(&sublist) check has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is mm-compaction-remove-duplicate-list_emptysublist-check.patch This patch should soon appear at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-compaction-remove-duplicate-list_emptysublist-check.patch and later at https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-compaction-remove-duplicate-list_emptysublist-check.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: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: mm: compaction: remove duplicate !list_empty(&sublist) check The list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist) also do !list_empty(&sublist) check, so remove the duplicate call. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20210609095409.19920-1-liu.xiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Liu Xiang <liu.xiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/compaction.c | 6 ++---- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/mm/compaction.c~mm-compaction-remove-duplicate-list_emptysublist-check +++ a/mm/compaction.c @@ -1297,8 +1297,7 @@ move_freelist_head(struct list_head *fre if (!list_is_last(freelist, &freepage->lru)) { list_cut_before(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->lru); - if (!list_empty(&sublist)) - list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist); + list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist); } } @@ -1315,8 +1314,7 @@ move_freelist_tail(struct list_head *fre if (!list_is_first(freelist, &freepage->lru)) { list_cut_position(&sublist, freelist, &freepage->lru); - if (!list_empty(&sublist)) - list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist); + list_splice_tail(&sublist, freelist); } } _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from liu.xiang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-memoryc-fix-comment-of-finish_mkwrite_fault.patch mm-compaction-remove-duplicate-list_emptysublist-check.patch