Re: [PATCH 0/4] mm: misc cleanups from __GFP_UNMAPPED series
From: Brendan Jackman
Date: Mon May 18 2026 - 16:59:19 EST
On Mon, 18 May 2026 at 13:48, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 18 May 2026 20:20:50 +0000 Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > On Mon May 18, 2026 at 6:15 PM UTC, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Wed, 13 May 2026 12:35:12 +0000 Brendan Jackman <jackmanb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> In v2 of the __GFP_UNMAPPED series [0], we realised that some of the patches
> > >> could potentially be merged as independent cleanups.
> > >>
> > >> These are all independent of one another, if you think some are useful
> > >> cleanups and others are pointless churn, it should be fine to just pick
> > >> whatever subset you prefer.
> > >>
> > >> No functional change intended.
> > >
> > > Thanks, Brendan. I added this to mm.git's mm-new branch for testing,
> > > along with a note that [4/4] may be getting an update arising from
> > > Vlastimil's feedback.
> >
> > Cool thanks, (also I got the "added to mm-new branch notification" and
> > realised why I missed it last time, broken mail filter).
> >
> > The 4/4 update is already up, in reply to the thread.
>
> Is that "mm/page_alloc: tidy up pindex helpers"?
>
> For some reason I didn't receive that email, directly or via any
> mailing list. I do have the similar "mm/page_alloc: remove ifdefs from
> pindex helpers" from May 13.
Ooh, that's unfortunate... I used git-send-email directl to send that,
which is not how I work most of the time, so I suspect something went
wrong with that particular setup. Will keep an eye on that.
> Oh well, please check tomorrow's mm.git and send along whatever is
> needed?
Ack, thanks again.