The patch titled Subject: include/linux/pgtable.h: : remove redundant pte variable has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is include-linux-pgtableh-remove-redundant-pte-variable.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/include-linux-pgtableh-remove-redundant-pte-variable.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm 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 via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: zhang songyi <zhang.songyi@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: include/linux/pgtable.h: : remove redundant pte variable Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2022 21:07:43 +0800 (CST) Return value from ptep_get_and_clear_full() directly instead of taking this in another redundant variable. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/202211282107437343474@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: zhang songyi <zhang.songyi@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/pgtable.h | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h~include-linux-pgtableh-remove-redundant-pte-variable +++ a/include/linux/pgtable.h @@ -425,9 +425,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear_f unsigned long address, pte_t *ptep, int full) { - pte_t pte; - pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, address, ptep); - return pte; + return ptep_get_and_clear(mm, address, ptep); } #endif _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from zhang.songyi@xxxxxxxxxx are include-linux-pgtableh-remove-redundant-pte-variable.patch