+ iov_iter-remove-setting-of-page-index.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

+ iov_iter-remove-setting-of-page-index.patch added to mm-nonmm-unstable branch

[Andrew Morton]

The patch titled
     Subject: iov_iter: remove setting of page->index
has been added to the -mm mm-nonmm-unstable branch.  Its filename is
     iov_iter-remove-setting-of-page-index.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/iov_iter-remove-setting-of-page-index.patch

This patch will later appear in the mm-nonmm-unstable branch at
    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org>
Subject: iov_iter: remove setting of page->index
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2024 16:12:50 +0000

Nothing actually checks page->index, so just remove it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20241216161253.37687-1-willy@infradead.org
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 lib/kunit_iov_iter.c |    3 ---
 1 file changed, 3 deletions(-)

--- a/lib/kunit_iov_iter.c~iov_iter-remove-setting-of-page-index
+++ a/lib/kunit_iov_iter.c
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ static void *__init iov_kunit_create_buf
 		KUNIT_ASSERT_EQ(test, got, npages);
 	}
 
-	for (int i = 0; i < npages; i++)
-		pages[i]->index = i;
-
 	buffer = vmap(pages, npages, VM_MAP | VM_MAP_PUT_PAGES, PAGE_KERNEL);
         KUNIT_ASSERT_NOT_ERR_OR_NULL(test, buffer);
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@infradead.org are

vmalloc-fix-accounting-with-i915.patch
mm-page_alloc-cache-page_zone-result-in-free_unref_page.patch
mm-make-alloc_pages_mpol-static.patch
mm-page_alloc-export-free_frozen_pages-instead-of-free_unref_page.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-post_alloc_hook.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-prep_new_page.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-get_page_from_freelist.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_cpuset_fallback.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_may_oom.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_direct_compact.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_direct_reclaim.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-callers-of-__alloc_pages_slowpath.patch
mm-page_alloc-move-set_page_refcounted-to-end-of-__alloc_pages.patch
mm-page_alloc-add-__alloc_frozen_pages.patch
mm-mempolicy-add-alloc_frozen_pages.patch
slab-allocate-frozen-pages.patch
ocfs2-handle-a-symlink-read-error-correctly.patch
ocfs2-convert-ocfs2_page_mkwrite-to-use-a-folio.patch
ocfs2-pass-mmap_folio-around-instead-of-mmap_page.patch
ocfs2-convert-ocfs2_read_inline_data-to-take-a-folio.patch
ocfs2-use-a-folio-in-ocfs2_fast_symlink_read_folio.patch
ocfs2-remove-ocfs2_start_walk_page_trans-prototype.patch
iov_iter-remove-setting-of-page-index.patch