The patch titled Subject: drivers/base/memory.c: Get rid of find_memory_block_hinted() has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is drivers-base-memoryc-get-rid-of-find_memory_block_hinted.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/drivers-base-memoryc-get-rid-of-find_memory_block_hinted.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/drivers-base-memoryc-get-rid-of-find_memory_block_hinted.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: drivers/base/memory.c: Get rid of find_memory_block_hinted() No longer needed, let's remove it. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190614100114.311-7-david@xxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rafael@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stephen Rothwell <sfr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Banman <andrew.banman@xxxxxxx> Cc: Mike Travis <mike.travis@xxxxxxx> Cc: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arun KS <arunks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/base/memory.c | 12 +++--------- include/linux/memory.h | 2 -- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/base/memory.c~drivers-base-memoryc-get-rid-of-find_memory_block_hinted +++ a/drivers/base/memory.c @@ -606,14 +606,6 @@ static struct memory_block *find_memory_ return to_memory_block(dev); } -struct memory_block *find_memory_block_hinted(struct mem_section *section, - struct memory_block *hint) -{ - unsigned long block_id = base_memory_block_id(__section_nr(section)); - - return find_memory_block_by_id(block_id, hint); -} - /* * For now, we have a linear search to go find the appropriate * memory_block corresponding to a particular phys_index. If @@ -624,7 +616,9 @@ struct memory_block *find_memory_block_h */ struct memory_block *find_memory_block(struct mem_section *section) { - return find_memory_block_hinted(section, NULL); + unsigned long block_id = base_memory_block_id(__section_nr(section)); + + return find_memory_block_by_id(block_id, hint); } static struct attribute *memory_memblk_attrs[] = { --- a/include/linux/memory.h~drivers-base-memoryc-get-rid-of-find_memory_block_hinted +++ a/include/linux/memory.h @@ -116,8 +116,6 @@ void remove_memory_block_devices(unsigne extern int memory_dev_init(void); extern int memory_notify(unsigned long val, void *v); extern int memory_isolate_notify(unsigned long val, void *v); -extern struct memory_block *find_memory_block_hinted(struct mem_section *, - struct memory_block *); extern struct memory_block *find_memory_block(struct mem_section *); typedef int (*walk_memory_blocks_func_t)(struct memory_block *, void *); extern int walk_memory_blocks(unsigned long start, unsigned long size, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are mm-memory_hotplug-simplify-and-fix-check_hotplug_memory_range.patch s390x-mm-fail-when-an-altmap-is-used-for-arch_add_memory.patch s390x-mm-implement-arch_remove_memory.patch arm64-mm-add-temporary-arch_remove_memory-implementation.patch drivers-base-memory-pass-a-block_id-to-init_memory_block.patch mm-memory_hotplug-allow-arch_remove_pages-without-config_memory_hotremove.patch mm-memory_hotplug-create-memory-block-devices-after-arch_add_memory.patch mm-memory_hotplug-drop-mhp_memblock_api.patch mm-memory_hotplug-remove-memory-block-devices-before-arch_remove_memory.patch mm-memory_hotplug-make-unregister_memory_block_under_nodes-never-fail.patch mm-memory_hotplug-remove-zone-parameter-from-sparse_remove_one_section.patch mm-section-numbers-use-the-type-unsigned-long.patch drivers-base-memory-use-unsigned-long-for-block-ids.patch mm-make-register_mem_sect_under_node-static.patch mm-memory_hotplug-rename-walk_memory_range-and-pass-startsize-instead-of-pfns.patch mm-memory_hotplug-move-and-simplify-walk_memory_blocks.patch drivers-base-memoryc-get-rid-of-find_memory_block_hinted.patch