Re: [PATCH 0/3] drop hugetlb_free_pgd_range()

From: Mike Rapoport
Date: Wed Jul 16 2025 - 02:36:37 EST


On Tue, Jul 15, 2025 at 06:26:08PM -0700, Anthony Yznaga wrote:
> For all architectures that support hugetlb except for sparc,
> hugetlb_free_pgd_range() just calls free_pgd_range(). It turns out
> the sparc implementation is essentially identical to free_pgd_range()
> and can be removed. Remove it and update free_pgtables() to treat
> hugetlb VMAs the same as others.
>
> Anthony Yznaga (3):
> sparc64: remove hugetlb_free_pgd_range()
> mm: remove call to hugetlb_free_pgd_range()
> mm: drop hugetlb_free_pgd_range()

Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (Microsoft) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>

> arch/sparc/include/asm/hugetlb.h | 5 --
> arch/sparc/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 119 -------------------------------
> include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h | 9 ---
> include/linux/hugetlb.h | 7 --
> mm/memory.c | 42 +++++------
> 5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 164 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.47.1
>

--
Sincerely yours,
Mike.