[merged mm-stable] mm-cleanup-clear_not_present_full_ptes-and-rename-to-clear_non_present_ptes.patch removed from -mm tree
Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:15:30 -0700
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The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes() and rename to clear_non_present_ptes()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-cleanup-clear_not_present_full_ptes-and-rename-to-clear_non_present_ptes.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <[email protected]>
Subject: mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes() and rename to clear_non_present_ptes()
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:49:49 +0200
Let's clean it up a bit:
(1) There is no need to pass "full" anymore.
(2) No architecture overwrites it, and there isn't really a good reason
to do so when dealing with non-present PTEs.
(3) While at it, call it "non-present", similar to copy_nonpresent_pte()
and zap_nonpresent_ptes().
It's a shame that we have clear_non_present_ptes() correspond to
pte_clear() and clear_ptes() correspond to ptep_get_and_clear*().
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629-clear_not_present_full_ptes-v2-3-96089871a1e7@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador (SUSE) <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <[email protected]>
Cc: Andreas Larsson <[email protected]>
Cc: David S. Miller <[email protected]>
Cc: Jann Horn <[email protected]>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <[email protected]>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <[email protected]>
Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <[email protected]>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <[email protected]>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/pgtable.h | 14 ++++----------
mm/madvise.c | 2 +-
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h~mm-cleanup-clear_not_present_full_ptes-and-rename-to-clear_non_present_ptes
+++ a/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -988,24 +988,19 @@ static inline void update_mmu_tlb(struct
update_mmu_tlb_range(vma, address, ptep, 1);
}
-#ifndef clear_not_present_full_ptes
/**
- * clear_not_present_full_ptes - Clear multiple not present PTEs which are
- * consecutive in the pgtable.
+ * clear_nonpresent_ptes - Clear multiple non-present PTEs which are
+ * consecutive in the pgtable.
* @mm: Address space the ptes represent.
* @addr: Address of the first pte.
* @ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry.
* @nr: Number of entries to clear.
- * @full: Whether we are clearing a full mm.
- *
- * May be overridden by the architecture; otherwise, implemented as a simple
- * loop over pte_clear().
*
* Context: The caller holds the page table lock. The PTEs are all not present.
* The PTEs are all in the same PMD.
*/
-static inline void clear_not_present_full_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm,
- unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, unsigned int nr, int full)
+static inline void clear_nonpresent_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm,
+ unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, unsigned int nr)
{
(void)addr;
@@ -1017,7 +1012,6 @@ static inline void clear_not_present_ful
addr += PAGE_SIZE;
}
}
-#endif
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_CLEAR_FLUSH
extern pte_t ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
--- a/mm/madvise.c~mm-cleanup-clear_not_present_full_ptes-and-rename-to-clear_non_present_ptes
+++ a/mm/madvise.c
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t
nr = swap_pte_batch(pte, max_nr, ptent);
nr_swap -= nr;
swap_put_entries_direct(entry, nr);
- clear_not_present_full_ptes(mm, addr, pte, nr, tlb->fullmm);
+ clear_nonpresent_ptes(mm, addr, pte, nr);
} else if (softleaf_is_hwpoison(entry) ||
softleaf_is_poison_marker(entry)) {
pte_clear(mm, addr, pte);
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-cleanup-clear_not_present_full_ptes-and-rename-to-clear_non_present_ptes
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -1797,7 +1797,7 @@ static inline int zap_nonpresent_ptes(st
pr_alert("unrecognized swap entry 0x%lx\n", entry.val);
WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
}
- clear_not_present_full_ptes(vma->vm_mm, addr, pte, nr, tlb->fullmm);
+ clear_nonpresent_ptes(vma->vm_mm, addr, pte, nr);
*any_skipped = zap_install_uffd_wp_if_needed(vma, addr, pte, nr, details, ptent);
return nr;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from [email protected] are
x86-mm-drop-order-parameter-from-free_pagetable.patch
mm-provide-free_reserved_pages-removing-x86-variant.patch
s390-mm-use-free_reserved_pages-in-vmem_free_pages.patch
mm-bootmem_info-allow-calling-free_bootmem_page-on-pages-without-a-bootmem_type.patch
x86-mm-stop-marking-vmemmap-as-section_info.patch
x86-mm-stop-marking-page-tables-as-mix_section_info.patch
x86-mm-remove-config_have_bootmem_info_node.patch
mm-hugetlb_vmemmap-remove-bootmem_info-leftovers.patch
mm-sparse-remove-bootmem_infoh-include.patch
mm-bootmem_info-remove-config_have_bootmem_info_node.patch
mm-standardize-printing-for-pgtable-entries.patch