Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 22 Dec 2022 02:03:46 -0800 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unused alloc_pages_bulk_list() |
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On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 04:56:03AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Sat, Dec 17, 2022 at 12:15:54AM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote: > > This function is not referenced anywhere else in the kernel, remove it. > > 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?
Is that being snarky? :) We generally don't add dead code at all, and certaintly don't leave it around for a year and a half.
If anyone really needs this we can add it back.
> Also, if we do get rid of this, then __alloc_pages_bulk() can lose > the "list" argument.
Yepp.
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