[PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[Sang-Heon Jeon]

Since commit a492abe28bec ("mm: hugetlb: move mpol interpretation out of
dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()"), mpol_is_preferred_many() has no callers.

So remove it.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
---
 include/linux/mempolicy.h | 10 ----------
 1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mempolicy.h b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
index 65c732d440d2..cd8f944209ca 100644
--- a/include/linux/mempolicy.h
+++ b/include/linux/mempolicy.h
@@ -173,11 +173,6 @@ int mpol_misplaced(struct folio *folio, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 					unsigned long addr);
 extern void mpol_put_task_policy(struct task_struct *);
 
-static inline bool mpol_is_preferred_many(struct mempolicy *pol)
-{
-	return  (pol->mode == MPOL_PREFERRED_MANY);
-}
-
 extern bool apply_policy_zone(struct mempolicy *policy, enum zone_type zone);
 
 extern int mempolicy_set_node_perf(unsigned int node,
@@ -298,10 +293,5 @@ static inline void mpol_put_task_policy(struct task_struct *task)
 {
 }
 
-static inline bool mpol_is_preferred_many(struct mempolicy *pol)
-{
-	return  false;
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_NUMA */
 #endif

base-commit: fcec4f4bcc1101dbd7e3aff267856b3bbfe128c6
-- 
2.43.0

Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[Gregory Price (Meta)]

On 2026-10-24 01:10 +0900, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
> Since commit a492abe28bec ("mm: hugetlb: move mpol interpretation out of
> dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()"), mpol_is_preferred_many() has no callers.
> 
> So remove it.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>

looks good to me

Acked-by: Gregory Price (Meta) <gourry@gourry.net>

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~Gregory

Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[Zi Yan]

On 23 Oct 2026, at 12:10, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:

> Since commit a492abe28bec ("mm: hugetlb: move mpol interpretation out of
> dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()"), mpol_is_preferred_many() has no callers.
>
> So remove it.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mempolicy.h | 10 ----------
>  1 file changed, 10 deletions(-)
>
LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>

Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

On 10/23/26 18:10, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
> Since commit a492abe28bec ("mm: hugetlb: move mpol interpretation out of
> dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()"), mpol_is_preferred_many() has no callers.
> 
> So remove it.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>
> ---

I'll likely pick this up for the next cycle. After the merge window ;)

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>

-- 
Cheers,

David

Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[SJ Park]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:10:01 +0900 Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com> wrote:

> Since commit a492abe28bec ("mm: hugetlb: move mpol interpretation out of
> dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()"), mpol_is_preferred_many() has no callers.

Looks correct to me.

> 
> So remove it.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sang-Heon Jeon <ekffu200098@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@kernel.org>


Thanks,
SJ

[...]

Re: [PATCH] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()

[David Hildenbrand]

On Sat, 24 Oct 2026 01:10:01 +0900, Sang-Heon Jeon wrote:
> Since commit a492abe28bec ("mm: hugetlb: move mpol interpretation out of
> dequeue_hugetlb_folio_vma()"), mpol_is_preferred_many() has no callers.
> 
> So remove it.
> 
> No functional change.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

tree: mm/core.git
branch: migrate-7.5.misc

Applied patches will appear soon in mm-next, followed by linux-next.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review, so we
can either drop the patch series or decide how to fix it up.

It is encouraged to provide Acked-bys, Reviewed-bys, and Tested-bys even
though the patches have already been applied. If possible, patch trailers
will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. Further, this is not a guarantee that the
patches will go upstream. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

[1/1] mm/mempolicy: remove unused mpol_is_preferred_many()
      https://git.kernel.org/mm/core/c/ae06b0a9

-- 
Cheers,

David