linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH 15/16] mm/madvise: remove !tlb support from madvise_dontneed_single

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Message-ID: <eyuppr2hzuiexyb4t353emicxb5i3igbisapvvlw73nytywhbl@66bracvzsqcb>
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2025 10:37:13 -0800
From: Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@...ux.dev>
To: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>
Cc: "Liam R. Howlett" <howlett@...il.com>, 
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, 
	Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, kernel-team@...a.com, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 15/16] mm/madvise: remove !tlb support from
 madvise_dontneed_single_vma()

On Wed, Mar 05, 2025 at 10:16:10AM -0800, SeongJae Park wrote:
> madvise_dontneed_single_vma() supports both batched tlb flushes and
> unbatched tlb flushes use cases depending on received tlb parameter's
> value.  Both were supported for safe and fine transition of the usages
> from the unbatched flushed to the batched ones.  Now the transition is
> done, and therefore there is no real unbatched tlb flushes use case.
> Remove the code for supporting the no more being used input case.
> 
> Signed-off-by: SeongJae Park <sj@...nel.org>

Please squash 15 and 16.