linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: remove prefetch_prev_lru

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Message-ID: <739f4470-8dfe-bb2f-8100-2134f48868b6@linux.alibaba.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Jan 2020 10:31:59 +0800
From:   Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Qian Cai <cai@....pw>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/vmscan: remove prefetch_prev_lru_page



在 2020/1/14 下午9:46, Qian Cai 写道:
> 
> 
>> On Jan 14, 2020, at 7:55 AM, Alex Shi <alex.shi@...ux.alibaba.com> wrote:
>>
>> This macro are never used in git history. So better to remove.
> 
> When removing unused thingy, it is important to figure out which commit introduced it in the first place and Cc the relevant people in that commit.
> 

Thanks fore reminder, Qian!

This macro was introduced in 1da177e4c3f4 Linux-2.6.12-rc2, no author or commiter could be found.

Thanks
Alex