The patch titled
Subject: mm/mmap: delete dead code in do_brk_flags()
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-mmap-delete-dead-code-in-do_brk_flags.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-mmap-delete-dead-code-in-do_brk_flags.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-mmap-delete-dead-code-in-do_brk_flags.patch
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From: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/mmap: delete dead code in do_brk_flags()
This code can't be reached. It's harmless but it leads to a Smatch
warning:
mm/mmap.c:3040 do_brk_flags() warn: ignoring unreachable code.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YmqHrpo/cBBq6lHf@kili
Fixes: d2bbe46ab3b9 ("mm/mmap: change do_brk_flags() to expand existing VMA and add do_brk_munmap()")
Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mmap.c | 1 -
1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-mmap-delete-dead-code-in-do_brk_flags
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -3031,7 +3031,6 @@ out:
validate_mm(mm);
return 0;
- vm_area_free(vma);
vma_alloc_fail:
vm_unacct_memory(len >> PAGE_SHIFT);
return -ENOMEM;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-mmap-delete-dead-code-in-do_brk_flags.patch
