Re: [2.6 patch] mm/slub.c: remove unneeded NULL check

[Pekka Enberg]

Adrian Bunk wrote:
> There's no reason for checking c->freelist for being NULL here (and we'd 
> anyway Oops below if it was).
>
> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> dae2a3c60f258f3ad2522b85d79b735a89d702f0 diff --git a/mm/slub.c b/mm/slub.c
> index 74c65af..072e0a6 100644
> --- a/mm/slub.c
> +++ b/mm/slub.c
> @@ -1404,8 +1404,7 @@ static void deactivate_slab(struct kmem_cache *s, struct kmem_cache_cpu *c)
>  	struct page *page = c->page;
>  	int tail = 1;
>  
> -	if (c->freelist)
> -		stat(c, DEACTIVATE_REMOTE_FREES);
> +	stat(c, DEACTIVATE_REMOTE_FREES);
>  	/*
>  	 * Merge cpu freelist into freelist. Typically we get here
>  	 * because both freelists are empty. So this is unlikely

Christoph, please apply.

Reviewed-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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