linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unused alloc_pages_bulk

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Date:   Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:34:58 +0000
From:   Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@...il.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...il.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, Marco Elver <elver@...gle.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Mel Gorman <mgorman@...hsingularity.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unused alloc_pages_bulk_list()

+ Mel

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 04:56:03AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> I think we're waiting to see if any users show up.  It's only been 18
> months or so, so perhaps wait a little longer?

Apologies, I should have researched the background of this further. I see it was
added speculatively in 0f87d9d30f.

> Also, if we do get rid of this, then __alloc_pages_bulk() can lose
> the "list" argument.

Ack. Will do a v2 if Mel feels it's appropriate to remove at this stage,
otherwise we can drop the idea and wait for users to emerge.