From: "David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)" <david@kernel.org>
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Subject: [PATCH v3 13/24] mm/balloon_compaction: remove balloon_page_push/pop()
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:01:21 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260119230133.3551867-14-david@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260119230133.3551867-1-david@kernel.org>
Let's remove these helpers as they are unused now.
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Acked-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <mst@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
---
include/linux/balloon_compaction.h | 30 ------------------------------
mm/balloon_compaction.c | 5 ++---
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h b/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
index 1452ea0635245..e5451cf1f6589 100644
--- a/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
+++ b/include/linux/balloon_compaction.h
@@ -126,34 +126,4 @@ static inline void balloon_page_finalize(struct page *page)
set_page_private(page, 0);
/* PageOffline is sticky until the page is freed to the buddy. */
}
-
-/*
- * balloon_page_push - insert a page into a page list.
- * @head : pointer to list
- * @page : page to be added
- *
- * Caller must ensure the page is private and protect the list.
- */
-static inline void balloon_page_push(struct list_head *pages, struct page *page)
-{
- list_add(&page->lru, pages);
-}
-
-/*
- * balloon_page_pop - remove a page from a page list.
- * @head : pointer to list
- * @page : page to be added
- *
- * Caller must ensure the page is private and protect the list.
- */
-static inline struct page *balloon_page_pop(struct list_head *pages)
-{
- struct page *page = list_first_entry_or_null(pages, struct page, lru);
-
- if (!page)
- return NULL;
-
- list_del(&page->lru);
- return page;
-}
#endif /* _LINUX_BALLOON_COMPACTION_H */
diff --git a/mm/balloon_compaction.c b/mm/balloon_compaction.c
index cf4d931763920..5e1507a13a52f 100644
--- a/mm/balloon_compaction.c
+++ b/mm/balloon_compaction.c
@@ -128,9 +128,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(balloon_page_alloc);
* Drivers must call this function to properly enqueue a new allocated balloon
* page before definitively removing the page from the guest system.
*
- * Drivers must not call balloon_page_enqueue on pages that have been pushed to
- * a list with balloon_page_push before removing them with balloon_page_pop. To
- * enqueue a list of pages, use balloon_page_list_enqueue instead.
+ * Drivers must not enqueue pages while page->lru is still in
+ * use, and must not use page->lru until a page was unqueued again.
*/
void balloon_page_enqueue(struct balloon_dev_info *b_dev_info,
struct page *page)
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-19 23:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-19 23:01 [PATCH v3 00/24] mm: balloon infrastructure cleanups David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 01/24] vmw_balloon: adjust BALLOON_DEFLATE when deflating while migrating David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 02/24] vmw_balloon: remove vmballoon_compaction_init() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 03/24] powerpc/pseries/cmm: remove cmm_balloon_compaction_init() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 04/24] mm/balloon_compaction: improve comments for WARN_ON_ONCE(!b_dev_info) David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 05/24] mm/balloon_compaction: centralize basic page migration handling David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 06/24] mm/balloon_compaction: centralize adjust_managed_page_count() handling David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 07/24] vmw_balloon: stop using the balloon_dev_info lock David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 08/24] mm/balloon_compaction: use a device-independent balloon (list) lock David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 09/24] mm/balloon_compaction: remove dependency on page lock David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 10/24] mm/balloon_compaction: make balloon_mops static David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 11/24] mm/balloon_compaction: drop fs.h include from balloon_compaction.h David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 12/24] drivers/virtio/virtio_balloon: stop using balloon_page_push/pop() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) [this message]
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 14/24] mm/balloon_compaction: fold balloon_mapping_gfp_mask() into balloon_page_alloc() David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 15/24] mm/balloon_compaction: move internal helpers to balloon_compaction.c David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-20 6:43 ` David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 16/24] mm/balloon_compaction: assert that the balloon_pages_lock is held David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 17/24] mm/balloon_compaction: mark remaining functions for having proper kerneldoc David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 18/24] mm/balloon_compaction: remove "extern" from functions David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 19/24] mm/vmscan: drop inclusion of balloon_compaction.h David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 20/24] mm: rename balloon_compaction.(c|h) to balloon.(c|h) David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 21/24] mm/kconfig: make BALLOON_COMPACTION depend on MIGRATION David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 22/24] mm: rename CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION to CONFIG_BALLOON_MIGRATION David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 23/24] mm: rename CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON -> CONFIG_BALLOON David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:01 ` [PATCH v3 24/24] MAINTAINERS: move memory balloon infrastructure to "MEMORY MANAGEMENT - BALLOON" David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)
2026-01-19 23:27 ` [PATCH v3 00/24] mm: balloon infrastructure cleanups Andrew Morton
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