They are unnecessary: "zero" can be used in place of "hugetlb_zero" and passing extra2 == NULL is equivalent to infinity.
Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <[email protected]> --- include/linux/hugetlb.h | 1 - kernel/sysctl.c | 9 +++------ mm/hugetlb.c | 1 - 3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h @@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ pte_t *huge_pmd_share(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr, pud_t *pud); #endif extern unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable; -extern const unsigned long hugetlb_zero, hugetlb_infinity; extern int sysctl_hugetlb_shm_group; extern struct list_head huge_boot_pages; diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c --- a/kernel/sysctl.c +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c @@ -1240,8 +1240,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = hugetlb_sysctl_handler, - .extra1 = (void *)&hugetlb_zero, - .extra2 = (void *)&hugetlb_infinity, + .extra1 = &zero, }, #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA { @@ -1250,8 +1249,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = &hugetlb_mempolicy_sysctl_handler, - .extra1 = (void *)&hugetlb_zero, - .extra2 = (void *)&hugetlb_infinity, + .extra1 = &zero, }, #endif { @@ -1274,8 +1272,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = { .maxlen = sizeof(unsigned long), .mode = 0644, .proc_handler = hugetlb_overcommit_handler, - .extra1 = (void *)&hugetlb_zero, - .extra2 = (void *)&hugetlb_infinity, + .extra1 = &zero, }, #endif { diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c --- a/mm/hugetlb.c +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c @@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ #include <linux/node.h> #include "internal.h" -const unsigned long hugetlb_zero = 0, hugetlb_infinity = ~0UL; unsigned long hugepages_treat_as_movable; int hugetlb_max_hstate __read_mostly; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
