linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: drop unused pmdp_huge_get_and_clear

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Date:   Mon,  6 Mar 2017 14:20:47 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] mm: drop unused pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify()

Dave noticed that after fixing MADV_DONTNEED vs. numa balancing race the
last pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify() user is gone.

Let's drop the helper.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
---
 include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index 51891fb0d3ce..c91b3bcd158f 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -394,18 +394,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
 	___pud;								\
 })
 
-#define pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify(__mm, __haddr, __pmd)		\
-({									\
-	unsigned long ___haddr = __haddr & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;		\
-	pmd_t ___pmd;							\
-									\
-	___pmd = pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(__mm, __haddr, __pmd);		\
-	mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(__mm, ___haddr,			\
-				      ___haddr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);	\
-									\
-	___pmd;								\
-})
-
 /*
  * set_pte_at_notify() sets the pte _after_ running the notifier.
  * This is safe to start by updating the secondary MMUs, because the primary MMU
@@ -489,7 +477,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
 #define	ptep_clear_flush_notify ptep_clear_flush
 #define pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify pmdp_huge_clear_flush
 #define pudp_huge_clear_flush_notify pudp_huge_clear_flush
-#define pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_notify pmdp_huge_get_and_clear
 #define set_pte_at_notify set_pte_at
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
-- 
2.11.0