linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] mm: alloc_pages_bulk_noprof: drop page

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Message-ID: <Z2B3yMiYLwoc6VJB@casper.infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 18:56:08 +0000
From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To: Luiz Capitulino <luizcap@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, mgorman@...hsingularity.net, david@...hat.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] mm: alloc_pages_bulk_noprof: drop page_list argument

On Mon, Dec 16, 2024 at 01:45:04PM -0500, Luiz Capitulino wrote:
> The commit 387ba26fb1cb added __alloc_pages_bulk() along with the page_list
> argument. The next commit 0f87d9d30f21 added the array-based argument. As
> it turns out, the page_list argument has no users in the current tree (if it
> ever had any). Dropping it allows for a slight simplification and eliminates
> some unnecessary checks, now that page_array is required.

Maybe just fix up Mel's patch:

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/20231025093254.xvomlctwhcuerzky@techsingularity.net/