linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove __online_page_set

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Date:   Mon, 9 Sep 2019 18:42:53 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
To:     Souptick Joarder <jrdr.linux@...il.com>
Cc:     kys@...rosoft.com, haiyangz@...rosoft.com, sthemmin@...rosoft.com,
        sashal@...nel.org, boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, jgross@...e.com,
        sstabellini@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        david@...hat.com, osalvador@...e.com, mhocko@...e.com,
        pasha.tatashin@...een.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        richard.weiyang@...il.com, cai@....pw,
        linux-hyperv@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xenproject.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Remove __online_page_set_limits()

On Sun, Sep 08, 2019 at 03:17:01AM +0530, Souptick Joarder wrote:
> __online_page_set_limits() is a dummy function and an extra call
> to this can be avoided.
> 
> As both of the callers are now removed, __online_page_set_limits()
> can be removed permanently.
> 
> Souptick Joarder (3):
>   hv_ballon: Avoid calling dummy function __online_page_set_limits()
>   xen/ballon: Avoid calling dummy function __online_page_set_limits()
>   mm/memory_hotplug.c: Remove __online_page_set_limits()
> 
>  drivers/hv/hv_balloon.c        | 1 -
>  drivers/xen/balloon.c          | 1 -
>  include/linux/memory_hotplug.h | 1 -
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c            | 5 -----
>  4 files changed, 8 deletions(-)

Do we really need 3 separate patches to remove 8 lines of code?

-- 
 Kirill A. Shutemov