From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F33B0C3DA6E for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:35:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S230133AbiLQIfF (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2022 03:35:05 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:41916 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S229976AbiLQIfC (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Dec 2022 03:35:02 -0500 Received: from mail-wm1-x336.google.com (mail-wm1-x336.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::336]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 72A3A3EAC2 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:35:01 -0800 (PST) Received: by mail-wm1-x336.google.com with SMTP id p13-20020a05600c468d00b003cf8859ed1bso3230373wmo.1 for ; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:35:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=9DU+nq1yAV5PgsulgJiVUWHn8Kc4JYcELGBs8WBm7AI=; b=l1CQ1p1MNceaSRdaXPewlWK8ssYBc5oPTax28lyDarDIhSLx0tY1/887CIgfkfNjmi XO8bpBdoMqw+9uwzARCDMj8ZAaXbQQJyY0deg++Q0p7ItDsriA2Nx616Cpoe02G8zI4H 2dKYWrMfVCNzKaj8dxehUG9IKd/M6Mrb1Q3f9Q/qJSj9a2YIr1pTPXvFqqh2dpG+z/vL 0JYIWC2XsZK+qwIIhoFbaKOBP8G8QwkmshoIVSG9XA9Ja+CcoqsFvciuOk2pcrLXrkkX OwpiS/gT9rXGMWQoYWLuR3jUpPx6af74J7FVIdGzRI74j8IovS7MM/MgeXeOrTX+a6OC DWog== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20210112; h=in-reply-to:content-disposition:mime-version:references:message-id :subject:cc:to:from:date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date :message-id:reply-to; bh=9DU+nq1yAV5PgsulgJiVUWHn8Kc4JYcELGBs8WBm7AI=; b=XFhGGc7plbcDoVHKlSm3EW8/4kHs+TCcI6t106ne5jOzkWlqZXm/Mib3FnZbYpWy0A x8bkUOxIOIWjlghJa2Vd8uV0STO+BwH2KsgSR8Oeuk2pMOfDIVXbuh4P7qSs4UL4c9oF Q/DNplTcMbyIqUTb/vTXNDNE9Svynj9q0o+jUTGmJdmaRcwJFVDo+YU4n49y1u0U9l3z xGS3L+mwG3DC8fVJPMvNhnKjXZoQJIUcmsWifCRvymmGzufy5A9WXIdRiyxT7Bw88pNv 32Z+pOoUH6evMlNUKN0QNHFPn4+KW4zVyer9vKPoNv3bPVkSDMiqOy/EttQYAVZJ808v rs6w== X-Gm-Message-State: ANoB5pnyFz7ZKB5eBKDJPfGT890/6v/BZpV2zFWyHrXm0OyaWriM1Bz8 BdlovyjezNfnF0UIl0SgD38= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AA0mqf4HETWSaFTR6jDg8lYfQOsOFg4at09P7p+XxWuVrhzcaKTvwdRaiz2/5WLw8EKxJj5d9QtNzg== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:4b16:0:b0:3cf:7197:e68a with SMTP id y22-20020a1c4b16000000b003cf7197e68amr27603277wma.18.1671266099989; Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:34:59 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost ([2a00:23c5:dc8c:8701:1663:9a35:5a7b:1d76]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id o31-20020a05600c511f00b003cf71b1f66csm5645298wms.0.2022.12.17.00.34.58 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Sat, 17 Dec 2022 00:34:58 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2022 08:34:58 +0000 From: Lorenzo Stoakes To: Matthew Wilcox Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Andrew Morton , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrey Konovalov , Ingo Molnar , Marco Elver , Michal Hocko , Mel Gorman Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unused alloc_pages_bulk_list() Message-ID: References: <20221217001554.554913-1-lstoakes@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org + 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.