From: Xiao Guangrong Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2012 23:29:42 +0000 (-0700) Subject: thp: remove unnecessary khugepaged_thread check X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e060f0e0139b83f05bb90fa05563d14179b9a7ff;p=linux-beck.git thp: remove unnecessary khugepaged_thread check Now, khugepaged creation and cancel are completely serial under the protection of khugepaged_mutex, it is impossible that many khugepaged entities are running Signed-off-by: Xiao Guangrong Cc: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: David Rientjes Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 0931b2b19c52..46e3f150a6ca 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -2333,11 +2333,8 @@ static int khugepaged(void *none) set_freezable(); set_user_nice(current, 19); - while (!kthread_should_stop()) { - VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_thread != current); + while (!kthread_should_stop()) khugepaged_loop(); - VM_BUG_ON(khugepaged_thread != current); - } spin_lock(&khugepaged_mm_lock); mm_slot = khugepaged_scan.mm_slot;