[merged] mm-page_alloc-generalize-order-handling-in-__free_pages_bootmem.patch removed from -mm tree

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The patch titled
     Subject: mm: page_alloc: generalize order handling in __free_pages_bootmem()
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-page_alloc-generalize-order-handling-in-__free_pages_bootmem.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree

The current -mm tree may be found at http://userweb.kernel.org/~akpm/mmotm/

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From: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: page_alloc: generalize order handling in __free_pages_bootmem()

__free_pages_bootmem() used to special-case higher-order frees to save
individual page checking with free_pages_bulk().

Nowadays, both zero order and non-zero order frees use free_pages(), which
checks each individual page anyway, and so there is little point in making
the distinction anymore.  The higher-order loop will work just fine for
zero order pages.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 mm/page_alloc.c |   35 +++++++++++++----------------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff -puN mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-generalize-order-handling-in-__free_pages_bootmem mm/page_alloc.c
--- a/mm/page_alloc.c~mm-page_alloc-generalize-order-handling-in-__free_pages_bootmem
+++ a/mm/page_alloc.c
@@ -730,32 +730,23 @@ static void __free_pages_ok(struct page 
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-/*
- * permit the bootmem allocator to evade page validation on high-order frees
- */
 void __meminit __free_pages_bootmem(struct page *page, unsigned int order)
 {
-	if (order == 0) {
-		__ClearPageReserved(page);
-		set_page_count(page, 0);
-		set_page_refcounted(page);
-		__free_page(page);
-	} else {
-		int loop;
+	unsigned int nr_pages = 1 << order;
+	unsigned int loop;
 
-		prefetchw(page);
-		for (loop = 0; loop < (1 << order); loop++) {
-			struct page *p = &page[loop];
-
-			if (loop + 1 < (1 << order))
-				prefetchw(p + 1);
-			__ClearPageReserved(p);
-			set_page_count(p, 0);
-		}
-
-		set_page_refcounted(page);
-		__free_pages(page, order);
+	prefetchw(page);
+	for (loop = 0; loop < nr_pages; loop++) {
+		struct page *p = &page[loop];
+
+		if (loop + 1 < nr_pages)
+			prefetchw(p + 1);
+		__ClearPageReserved(p);
+		set_page_count(p, 0);
 	}
+
+	set_page_refcounted(page);
+	__free_pages(page, order);
 }
 
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hannes@xxxxxxxxxxx are

origin.patch
linux-next.patch
memcg-add-mem_cgroup_replace_page_cache-to-fix-lru-issue.patch
memcg-make-mem_cgroup_split_huge_fixup-more-efficient.patch
memcg-fix-pgpgin-pgpgout-documentation.patch
mm-memcg-clean-up-fault-accounting-fix.patch
mm-page_cgroup-check-page_cgroup-arrays-in-lookup_page_cgroup-only-when-necessary.patch
page_cgroup-add-helper-function-to-get-swap_cgroup-cleanup.patch
memcg-clean-up-soft_limit_tree-if-allocation-fails.patch
oom-memcg-fix-exclusion-of-memcg-threads-after-they-have-detached-their-mm.patch
memcg-simplify-page-cache-charging.patch
memcg-simplify-corner-case-handling-of-lru.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-2.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-2-fix.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-comments.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-3.patch
memcg-clear-pc-mem_cgorup-if-necessary-fix-page-migration-to-reset_owner.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-fix.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix.patch
memcg-simplify-lru-handling-by-new-rule-memcg-return-eintr-at-bypassing-try_charge-fix-null-mem_cgroup_try_charge.patch
memcg-cleanup-for_each_node_state.patch
page_alloc-break-early-in-check_for_regular_memory.patch
page_cgroup-drop-multi-config_memory_hotplug.patch
vmscan-trace-add-file-info-to-trace_mm_vmscan_lru_isolate.patch
memcg-fix-split_huge_page_refcounts.patch
memcg-fix-mem_cgroup_print_bad_page.patch
mm-rearrange-putback_inactive_pages.patch

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