From: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
To: linux-arch@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>, Guo Ren <guoren@kernel.org>,
linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org,
Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>,
Michal Simek <monstr@monstr.eu>,
Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@gmail.com>,
Jonas Bonn <jonas@southpole.se>
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] alpha: get rid of the remnants of BAD_PAGE and friends
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 02:54:05 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250911015405.GD2604499@ZenIV> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250911015124.GV31600@ZenIV>
unused since 2.4 times...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
---
arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h | 10 ----------
arch/alpha/mm/init.c | 27 ---------------------------
2 files changed, 37 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
index ae2bdbeec91c..84014e9be504 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -126,19 +126,9 @@ struct vm_area_struct;
#define pgprot_noncached(prot) (prot)
/*
- * BAD_PAGETABLE is used when we need a bogus page-table, while
- * BAD_PAGE is used for a bogus page.
- *
* ZERO_PAGE is a global shared page that is always zero: used
* for zero-mapped memory areas etc..
*/
-extern pte_t __bad_page(void);
-extern pmd_t * __bad_pagetable(void);
-
-extern unsigned long __zero_page(void);
-
-#define BAD_PAGETABLE __bad_pagetable()
-#define BAD_PAGE __bad_page()
#define ZERO_PAGE(vaddr) (virt_to_page(ZERO_PGE))
/*
diff --git a/arch/alpha/mm/init.c b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
index 2d491b8cdab9..4c5ab9cd8a0a 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/mm/init.c
@@ -60,33 +60,6 @@ pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
}
-/*
- * BAD_PAGE is the page that is used for page faults when linux
- * is out-of-memory. Older versions of linux just did a
- * do_exit(), but using this instead means there is less risk
- * for a process dying in kernel mode, possibly leaving an inode
- * unused etc..
- *
- * BAD_PAGETABLE is the accompanying page-table: it is initialized
- * to point to BAD_PAGE entries.
- *
- * ZERO_PAGE is a special page that is used for zero-initialized
- * data and COW.
- */
-pmd_t *
-__bad_pagetable(void)
-{
- memset(absolute_pointer(EMPTY_PGT), 0, PAGE_SIZE);
- return (pmd_t *) EMPTY_PGT;
-}
-
-pte_t
-__bad_page(void)
-{
- memset(absolute_pointer(EMPTY_PGE), 0, PAGE_SIZE);
- return pte_mkdirty(mk_pte(virt_to_page(EMPTY_PGE), PAGE_SHARED));
-}
-
static inline unsigned long
load_PCB(struct pcb_struct *pcb)
{
--
2.47.2
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-09-11 1:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-09-11 1:51 [PATCHES] misc dead code removals in arch/* - mostly asm/pgtable.h Al Viro
2025-09-11 1:52 ` [PATCH 1/6] csky: remove BS check for FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY Al Viro
2025-09-11 2:55 ` Guo Ren
2025-09-11 1:53 ` [PATCH 2/6][alpha,m68k,openrisc] PAGE_PTR() had been last used outside of arch/* in 1.1.94 Al Viro
2025-09-11 7:29 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-09-11 1:53 ` [PATCH 3/6][openrisc] SET_PAGE_DIR() users had been gone since 2.3.12pre1 Al Viro
2025-09-11 1:54 ` Al Viro [this message]
2025-09-11 1:54 ` [PATCH 5/6][microblaze,xtensa] kill FIRST_USER_PGD_NR Al Viro
2025-09-11 14:57 ` Max Filippov
2025-09-15 6:42 ` Michal Simek
2025-09-11 1:55 ` [PATCH 6/6] alpha: unobfuscate _PAGE_P() definition Al Viro
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