+ lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix
Date: Fri Mar 20 06:19:29 PM PDT 2026

remove now-unused local

Cc: Kuan-Wei Chiu <visitorckw@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/list_sort.c |    1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

--- a/lib/list_sort.c~lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix
+++ a/lib/list_sort.c
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ static void merge_final(void *priv, list
 			struct list_head *a, struct list_head *b)
 {
 	struct list_head *tail = head;
-	u8 count = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		/* if equal, take 'a' -- important for sort stability */
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from akpm@linux-foundation.org are

maple_tree-start-using-maple-copy-node-for-destination-checkpatch-fixes.patch
maple_tree-add-cp_is_new_root-helper-fix-fix.patch
mm-centralizefix-comments-about-compound_mapcount-in-new-sync_with_folio_pmd_zap-fix.patch
mm-rename-zap_page_range_single-to-zap_vma_range-fix.patch
mm-memcontrol-convert-objcg-to-be-per-memcg-per-node-type-fix-fix.patch
mm-page_reporting-add-page_reporting_order_unspecified-fix.patch
mm-rename-zone-lock-to-zone-_lock-fix.patch
kernel-panic-increase-buffer-size-for-verbose-taint-logging-fix.patch
decode_stacktrace-decode-caller-address-checkpatch-fixes.patch
lib-list_sort-remove-dummy-cmp-calls-to-speed-up-merge_final-fix.patch