linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 01/12] mm: Remove PFN_MAP, PFN_SG_CHAIN and PFN_SG

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Message-ID: <20250603133430.GB386142@ziepe.ca>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2025 10:34:30 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/12] mm: Remove PFN_MAP, PFN_SG_CHAIN and PFN_SG_LAST

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 04:32:02PM +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> The PFN_MAP flag is no longer used for anything, so remove it. The
> PFN_SG_CHAIN and PFN_SG_LAST flags never appear to have been used so
> also remove them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> ---
>  include/linux/pfn_t.h             | 31 +++----------------------------
>  mm/memory.c                       |  2 --
>  tools/testing/nvdimm/test/iomap.c |  4 ----
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason