2013-03-13 10:07:08

by Zhang Yanfei

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Subject: [PATCH] mmap: find_vma: remove the WARN_ON_ONCE(!mm) check

Remove the WARN_ON_ONCE(!mm) check as the comment suggested.
Kernel code calls find_vma only when it is absolutely sure that the
mm_struct arg to it is non-NULL.

Signed-off-by: Zhang Yanfei <[email protected]>
Cc: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
mm/mmap.c | 3 ---
1 files changed, 0 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 2664a47..9da664e 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -1933,9 +1933,6 @@ struct vm_area_struct *find_vma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL;

- if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!mm)) /* Remove this in linux-3.6 */
- return NULL;
-
/* Check the cache first. */
/* (Cache hit rate is typically around 35%.) */
vma = mm->mmap_cache;
--
1.7.1