* Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> > > empty_bad_page and empty_bad_pte_table seems to be a relict from old > days which is not used by any code for a long time. I have tried to find > when exactly but this is not really all that straightforward due to many > code movements - traces disappear around 2.4 times. > > Anyway no code really references neither empty_bad_page nor > empty_bad_pte_table. We only allocate the storage which is not used by > anybody so remove them. > > Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxx> > Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Richard Weinberger <richard@xxxxxx> > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <uclinux-h8-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> For the x86 bits: Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> Thanks, Ingo