+ mm-convert-vmemmap_pd_populate-to-static-functions.patch added to mm-new branch

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

The patch titled
     Subject: mm: convert vmemmap_p?d_populate() to static functions
has been added to the -mm mm-new branch.  Its filename is
     mm-convert-vmemmap_pd_populate-to-static-functions.patch

This patch will shortly appear at
     https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-convert-vmemmap_pd_populate-to-static-functions.patch

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

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From: Chengkaitao <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Subject: mm: convert vmemmap_p?d_populate() to static functions
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 18:14:41 +0800

Since the vmemmap_p?d_populate functions are unused outside the mm
subsystem, we can remove their external declarations and convert them to
static functions.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260423101441.7089-1-kaitao.cheng@linux.dev
Signed-off-by: Chengkaitao <chengkaitao@kylinos.cn>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (arm) <david@kernel.org>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 include/linux/mm.h  |    7 -------
 mm/sparse-vmemmap.c |   10 +++++-----
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-convert-vmemmap_pd_populate-to-static-functions
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -4860,13 +4860,6 @@ unsigned long section_map_size(void);
 struct page * __populate_section_memmap(unsigned long pfn,
 		unsigned long nr_pages, int nid, struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
 		struct dev_pagemap *pgmap);
-pgd_t *vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node);
-p4d_t *vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, int node);
-pud_t *vmemmap_pud_populate(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, int node);
-pmd_t *vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, int node);
-pte_t *vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
-			    struct vmem_altmap *altmap, unsigned long ptpfn,
-			    unsigned long flags);
 void *vmemmap_alloc_block(unsigned long size, int node);
 struct vmem_altmap;
 void *vmemmap_alloc_block_buf(unsigned long size, int node,
--- a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c~mm-convert-vmemmap_pd_populate-to-static-functions
+++ a/mm/sparse-vmemmap.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void __meminit vmemmap_verify(pte_t *pte
 			start, end - 1);
 }
 
-pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
+static pte_t * __meminit vmemmap_pte_populate(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, int node,
 				       struct vmem_altmap *altmap,
 				       unsigned long ptpfn, unsigned long flags)
 {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static void * __meminit vmemmap_alloc_bl
 	return p;
 }
 
-pmd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, int node)
+static pmd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pmd_populate(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, int node)
 {
 	pmd_t *pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 	if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ pmd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pmd_populate(p
 	return pmd;
 }
 
-pud_t * __meminit vmemmap_pud_populate(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, int node)
+static pud_t * __meminit vmemmap_pud_populate(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, int node)
 {
 	pud_t *pud = pud_offset(p4d, addr);
 	if (pud_none(*pud)) {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ pud_t * __meminit vmemmap_pud_populate(p
 	return pud;
 }
 
-p4d_t * __meminit vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, int node)
+static p4d_t * __meminit vmemmap_p4d_populate(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, int node)
 {
 	p4d_t *p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, addr);
 	if (p4d_none(*p4d)) {
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ p4d_t * __meminit vmemmap_p4d_populate(p
 	return p4d;
 }
 
-pgd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node)
+static pgd_t * __meminit vmemmap_pgd_populate(unsigned long addr, int node)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(addr);
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from chengkaitao@kylinos.cn are

mm-convert-vmemmap_pd_populate-to-static-functions.patch