The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove page_cache_alloc()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-remove-page_cache_alloc.patch
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove page_cache_alloc()
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2024 20:19:06 +0100
Patch series "More folio compat code removal".
More code removal with bonus kernel-doc addition.
This patch (of 7):
All callers have now been converted to filemap_alloc_folio().
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240424191914.361554-1-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240424191914.361554-2-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/pagemap.h | 5 -----
1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h~mm-remove-page_cache_alloc
+++ a/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -558,11 +558,6 @@ static inline struct page *__page_cache_
return &filemap_alloc_folio(gfp, 0)->page;
}
-static inline struct page *page_cache_alloc(struct address_space *x)
-{
- return __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(x));
-}
-
static inline gfp_t readahead_gfp_mask(struct address_space *x)
{
return mapping_gfp_mask(x) | __GFP_NORETRY | __GFP_NOWARN;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-create-folio_flag_false-and-folio_type_ops-macros.patch
mm-support-page_mapcount-on-page_has_type-pages.patch
mm-turn-folio_test_hugetlb-into-a-pagetype.patch
mm-turn-folio_test_hugetlb-into-a-pagetype-fix.patch
mm-always-initialise-folio-_deferred_list.patch
mm-remove-folio_prep_large_rmappable.patch
mm-remove-a-call-to-compound_head-from-is_page_hwpoison.patch
mm-free-up-pg_slab.patch
mm-free-up-pg_slab-fix.patch
mm-improve-dumping-of-mapcount-and-page_type.patch
hugetlb-remove-mention-of-destructors.patch
sh-remove-use-of-pg_arch_1-on-individual-pages.patch
xtensa-remove-uses-of-pg_arch_1-on-individual-pages.patch
mm-make-page_ext_get-take-a-const-argument.patch
mm-make-folio_test_idle-and-folio_test_young-take-a-const-argument.patch
mm-make-is_free_buddy_page-take-a-const-argument.patch
mm-make-page_mapped-take-a-const-argument.patch
mm-convert-arch_clear_hugepage_flags-to-take-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-arch_clear_hugepage_flags-to-take-a-folio-fix.patch
slub-remove-use-of-page-flags.patch
remove-references-to-page-flags-in-documentation.patch
proc-rewrite-stable_page_flags.patch
proc-rewrite-stable_page_flags-fix.patch
proc-rewrite-stable_page_flags-fix-2.patch
sparc-use-is_huge_zero_pmd.patch
mm-add-is_huge_zero_folio.patch
mm-add-pmd_folio.patch
mm-convert-migrate_vma_collect_pmd-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-huge_zero_page-to-huge_zero_folio.patch
mm-convert-do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page-to-huge_zero_folio.patch
dax-use-huge_zero_folio.patch
mm-rename-mm_put_huge_zero_page-to-mm_put_huge_zero_folio.patch
mm-use-rwsem-assertion-macros-for-mmap_lock.patch
filemap-remove-__set_page_dirty.patch
mm-correct-page_mapped_in_vma-for-large-folios.patch
mm-remove-vma_address.patch
mm-rename-vma_pgoff_address-back-to-vma_address.patch
khugepaged-inline-hpage_collapse_alloc_folio.patch
khugepaged-convert-alloc_charge_hpage-to-alloc_charge_folio.patch
khugepaged-remove-hpage-from-collapse_huge_page.patch
khugepaged-pass-a-folio-to-__collapse_huge_page_copy.patch
khugepaged-remove-hpage-from-collapse_file.patch
khugepaged-use-a-folio-throughout-collapse_file.patch
khugepaged-use-a-folio-throughout-collapse_file-fix.patch
khugepaged-use-a-folio-throughout-hpage_collapse_scan_file.patch
proc-convert-clear_refs_pte_range-to-use-a-folio.patch
proc-convert-smaps_account-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-remove-page_idle-and-page_young-wrappers.patch
mm-generate-page_idle_flag-definitions.patch
proc-convert-gather_stats-to-use-a-folio.patch
proc-convert-smaps_page_accumulate-to-use-a-folio.patch
proc-pass-a-folio-to-smaps_page_accumulate.patch
proc-convert-smaps_pmd_entry-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-remove-struct-page-from-get_shadow_from_swap_cache.patch
hugetlb-convert-alloc_buddy_hugetlb_folio-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-convert-pagecache_isize_extended-to-use-a-folio.patch
mm-free-non-hugetlb-large-folios-in-a-batch.patch
mm-combine-free_the_page-and-free_unref_page.patch
mm-inline-destroy_large_folio-into-__folio_put_large.patch
mm-combine-__folio_put_small-__folio_put_large-and-__folio_put.patch
mm-convert-free_zone_device_page-to-free_zone_device_folio.patch
doc-improve-the-description-of-__folio_mark_dirty.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-block_dirty_folio.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-try_to_free_buffers.patch
buffer-fix-__bread-and-__bread_gfp-kernel-doc.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-brelse-and-__brelse.patch
buffer-add-kernel-doc-for-bforget-and-__bforget.patch
buffer-improve-bdev_getblk-documentation.patch
doc-split-bufferrst-out-of-api-summaryrst.patch
doc-split-bufferrst-out-of-api-summaryrst-fix.patch
mm-remove-page_cache_alloc.patch
mm-remove-put_devmap_managed_page.patch
mm-convert-put_devmap_managed_page_refs-to-put_devmap_managed_folio_refs.patch
mm-remove-page_ref_sub_return.patch
gup-use-folios-for-gup_devmap.patch
mm-add-kernel-doc-for-folio_mark_accessed.patch
mm-remove-pagereferenced.patch
