Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unused alloc_pages_bulk_list()

Lorenzo Stoakes
2022-12-17T08:35:07Z

+ Mel

On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 04:56:03AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> I think we're waiting to see if any users show up. It's only been 18
> months or so, so perhaps wait a little longer?

Apologies, I should have researched the background of this further. I see it was
added speculatively in 0f87d9d30f.

> Also, if we do get rid of this, then __alloc_pages_bulk() can lose
> the "list" argument.

Ack. Will do a v2 if Mel feels it's appropriate to remove at this stage,
otherwise we can drop the idea and wait for users to emerge.