+ mm-remove-vm_pat.patch added to mm-new branch

[Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>]

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: remove VM_PAT
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-remove-vm_pat.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-remove-vm_pat.patch

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    git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Subject: mm: remove VM_PAT
Date: Mon, 12 May 2025 14:34:19 +0200

It's unused, so let's remove it.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250512123424.637989-7-david@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> # x86 bits
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Betkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Jonas Lahtinen <joonas.lahtinen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: "Masami Hiramatsu (Google)" <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Rodrigo Vivi <rodrigo.vivi@intel.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Tvrtko Ursulin <tursulin@ursulin.net>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/mm.h             |    4 +---
 include/trace/events/mmflags.h |    4 +---
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-remove-vm_pat
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -357,9 +357,7 @@ extern unsigned int kobjsize(const void
 # define VM_SHADOW_STACK	VM_NONE
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
-# define VM_PAT		VM_ARCH_1	/* PAT reserves whole VMA at once (x86) */
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
 # define VM_SAO		VM_ARCH_1	/* Strong Access Ordering (powerpc) */
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PARISC)
 # define VM_GROWSUP	VM_ARCH_1
--- a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h~mm-remove-vm_pat
+++ a/include/trace/events/mmflags.h
@@ -172,9 +172,7 @@ IF_HAVE_PG_ARCH_3(arch_3)
 	__def_pageflag_names						\
 	) : "none"
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_X86)
-#define __VM_ARCH_SPECIFIC_1 {VM_PAT,     "pat"           }
-#elif defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC64)
 #define __VM_ARCH_SPECIFIC_1 {VM_SAO,     "sao"           }
 #elif defined(CONFIG_PARISC)
 #define __VM_ARCH_SPECIFIC_1 {VM_GROWSUP,	"growsup"	}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@redhat.com are

selftests-mm-add-simple-vm_pfnmap-tests-based-on-mmaping-dev-mem.patch
x86-mm-pat-factor-out-setting-cachemode-into-pgprot_set_cachemode.patch
mm-convert-track_pfn_insert-to-pfnmap_setup_cachemode.patch
mm-introduce-pfnmap_track-and-pfnmap_untrack-and-use-them-for-memremap.patch
mm-convert-vm_pfnmap-tracking-to-pfnmap_track-pfnmap_untrack.patch
x86-mm-pat-remove-old-pfnmap-tracking-interface.patch
mm-remove-vm_pat.patch
x86-mm-pat-remove-strict_prot-parameter-from-reserve_pfn_range.patch
x86-mm-pat-remove-memtype__match.patch
x86-mm-pat-inline-memtype_match-into-memtype_erase.patch
drm-i915-track_pfn-pfnmap-tracking.patch
mm-io-mapping-track_pfn-pfnmap-tracking.patch