Patch removes redundant checks for PTE (Page Table Entry) because those conditions are already covered. if (!(pte & _PAGE_PRESENT)) { ... return FALSE; } if (!pte) return FALSE; The second pte check is redundant because it holds true only when pte is 0. if pte is 0 then (!(pte & _PAGE_PRESENT)) is true and it will return false. so there is no need for one more pte check. Signed-off-by: Likhitha Korrapati <likhitha(a)linux.ibm.com&gt; --- ppc64.c | 6 ------ 1 file changed, 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/ppc64.c b/ppc64.c index b95a621..fc34006 100644 --- a/ppc64.c +++ b/ppc64.c @@ -968,9 +968,6 @@ ppc64_vtop(ulong vaddr, ulong *pgd, physaddr_t *paddr, int verbose) return FALSE; } - if (!pte) - return FALSE; - *paddr = PAGEBASE(PTOB(pte >> PTE_RPN_SHIFT_DEFAULT)) + PAGEOFFSET(vaddr); if (verbose) { @@ -1077,9 +1074,6 @@ ppc64_vtop_level4(ulong vaddr, ulong *level4, physaddr_t *paddr, int verbose) return FALSE; } - if (!pte) - return FALSE; - out: if (hugepage_type) { if (hugepage_type == 2) { -- 2.31.1