Re: [PATCH RFC v3 10/19] mm: remove arch vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio overrides

Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:54:33 +0200

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On Wed, 22 Apr 2026 at 00:01, Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now that the generic vma_alloc_zeroed_movable_folio() uses
> __GFP_ZERO, the arch-specific macros on alpha, m68k, s390, and
> x86 that did the same thing are redundant.  Remove them.
>
> arm64 is not affected: it has a real function override that
> handles MTE tag zeroing, not just __GFP_ZERO.
>
> Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Michael S. Tsirkin <[email protected]>

>  arch/m68k/include/asm/page_no.h | 3 ---

Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <[email protected]> # m68k

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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