[to-be-updated] mm-vmalloc-extract-vm_shift-to-consolidate-mapping-shift-selection.patch removed from -mm tree

[to-be-updated] mm-vmalloc-extract-vm_shift-to-consolidate-mapping-shift-selection.patch removed from -mm tree

[Andrew Morton]

The quilt patch titled
     Subject: mm/vmalloc: extract vm_shift() to consolidate mapping shift selection
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     mm-vmalloc-extract-vm_shift-to-consolidate-mapping-shift-selection.patch

This patch was dropped because an updated version will be issued

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From: Wen Jiang <jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com>
Subject: mm/vmalloc: extract vm_shift() to consolidate mapping shift selection
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:08:11 +0800

Extract the vmalloc mapping shift selection from
__vmalloc_node_range_noprof() into vm_shift(), preparing for reuse by the
vmap batching path.

No functional change.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260715120813.3609949-6-jiangwen6@xiaomi.com
Signed-off-by: Wen Jiang <jiangwen6@xiaomi.com>
Suggested-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Tested-by: Xueyuan Chen <xueyuan.chen21@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Leo Yan <leo.yan@arm.com>
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>
Cc: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: "Barry Song (Xiaomi)" <baohua@kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: "Uladzislau Rezki (Sony)" <urezki@gmail.com>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
---

 mm/vmalloc.c |   14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmalloc-extract-vm_shift-to-consolidate-mapping-shift-selection
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -3576,6 +3576,14 @@ void vunmap(const void *addr)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(vunmap);
 
+static inline unsigned int vm_shift(pgprot_t prot, unsigned long size)
+{
+	if (arch_vmap_pmd_supported(prot) && size >= PMD_SIZE)
+		return PMD_SHIFT;
+
+	return arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
+}
+
 /**
  * vmap - map an array of pages into virtually contiguous space
  * @pages: array of page pointers
@@ -4087,11 +4095,7 @@ void *__vmalloc_node_range_noprof(unsign
 		 * supporting them.
 		 */
 
-		if (arch_vmap_pmd_supported(prot) && size >= PMD_SIZE)
-			shift = PMD_SHIFT;
-		else
-			shift = arch_vmap_pte_supported_shift(size);
-
+		shift = vm_shift(prot, size);
 		align = max(original_align, 1UL << shift);
 	}
 
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from jiangwenxiaomi@gmail.com are

mm-vmalloc-map-contiguous-pages-in-batches-for-vmap-if-possible-fix.patch