[merged mm-stable] arch-x86-do-not-explicitly-clear-reserved-flag-in-free_pagetable.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: arch/x86: do not explicitly clear Reserved flag in free_pagetable
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     arch-x86-do-not-explicitly-clear-reserved-flag-in-free_pagetable.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Subject: arch/x86: do not explicitly clear Reserved flag in free_pagetable
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 06:45:23 +0200

In free_pagetable() we use the non-atomic version for clearing the
PageReserved bit from the page.  free_pagetable() will either call
free_reserved_page() or put_page_bootmem(), which will eventually end up
calling free_reserved_page(), and in there we already clear the
PageReserved flag.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240527044523.29207-1-osalvador@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Oscar Salvador <osalvador@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |    2 --
 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c~arch-x86-do-not-explicitly-clear-reserved-flag-in-free_pagetable
+++ a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -980,8 +980,6 @@ static void __meminit free_pagetable(str
 
 	/* bootmem page has reserved flag */
 	if (PageReserved(page)) {
-		__ClearPageReserved(page);
-
 		magic = page->index;
 		if (magic == SECTION_INFO || magic == MIX_SECTION_INFO) {
 			while (nr_pages--)
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from osalvador@xxxxxxx are






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