Hi Linus,
The function mm/page_alloc.c:__alloc_pages() is performance-critical so
every bit/cycle helps. The page=NULL initialisation is not needed.
Regards,
Tigran
--- linux/mm/page_alloc.c Mon Oct 2 20:02:20 2000
+++ work/mm/page_alloc.c Wed Oct 4 13:25:22 2000
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@
zone_t **zone;
int direct_reclaim = 0;
unsigned int gfp_mask = zonelist->gfp_mask;
- struct page * page = NULL;
+ struct page * page;
/*
* Allocations put pressure on the VM subsystem.
-
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