[PATCH 2/4] mm/mm_init: remove redundant clamping in zone_spanned_pages_in_node()

Sang-Heon Jeon <[email protected]> Tue, 4 Aug 2026 23:47:59 +0900
Newsgroups org.kvack.linux-mm,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Clamping *zone_end_pfn to node_end_pfn has no effect, because
*zone_end_pfn <= node_end_pfn is guaranteed at that point.

1. If zone_movable_pfn[nid] != 0 && zone_type == ZONE_MOVABLE,
   *zone_end_pfn = min(node_end_pfn, ...) <= node_end_pfn.

2. Else If zone_movable_pfn[nid] != 0 && !mirrored_kernelcore &&
   *zone_start_pfn < zone_movable_pfn[nid] < *zone_end_pfn,
   *zone_end_pfn = zone_movable_pfn[nid].

   The condition requires the clamped *zone_start_pfn and
   *zone_end_pfn to differ, which cannot happen when node_end_pfn <
   zone_low.

   So zone_movable_pfn[nid] < clamped *zone_end_pfn =
   min(node_end_pfn, zone_high) <= node_end_pfn.

3. Else *zone_end_pfn = clamp(node_end_pfn, zone_low, zone_high)

   a. If node_end_pfn >= zone_low, *zone_end_pfn =
      min(node_end_pfn, zone_high) <= node_end_pfn.

   b. If node_end_pfn < zone_low, *zone_start_pfn = zone_low >
      node_end_pfn, so the function returns 0 before the clamping is
      executed.

So remove it.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <[email protected]>
---
 mm/mm_init.c | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index ddff06467239..75fe1918d4d4 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -1269,7 +1269,6 @@ static unsigned long __init zone_spanned_pages_in_node(int nid,
 		return 0;
 
 	/* Move the zone boundaries inside the node if necessary */
-	*zone_end_pfn = min(*zone_end_pfn, node_end_pfn);
 	*zone_start_pfn = max(*zone_start_pfn, node_start_pfn);
 
 	/* Return the spanned pages */
-- 
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