[PATCH v2 3/8] riscv: remove unreachable invalid range check in create_linear_mapping_page_table()

Sang-Heon Jeon ekffu200098 at gmail.com
Mon Jun 29 09:37:31 PDT 2026


create_linear_mapping_page_table() iterates memblock regions with
for_each_mem_range() and breaks the loop when start >= end.
for_each_mem_range() never returns an invalid range, so start < end always.

Therefore the start >= end check is unreachable, so remove it.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098 at gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins at gmail.com>
Tested-by: Charlie Jenkins <thecharlesjenkins at gmail.com>
---
 arch/riscv/mm/init.c | 2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index 5b1b3c88b4d1..eb93c2ac05a6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -1229,8 +1229,6 @@ static void __init create_linear_mapping_page_table(void)
 
 	/* Map all memory banks in the linear mapping */
 	for_each_mem_range(i, &start, &end) {
-		if (start >= end)
-			break;
 		if (start <= __pa(PAGE_OFFSET) &&
 		    __pa(PAGE_OFFSET) < end)
 			start = __pa(PAGE_OFFSET);
-- 
2.43.0




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