[PATCH] mm/swap: Remove the unused get_kernel_page()

From: Baolin Wang
Date: Tue Aug 03 2021 - 11:08:54 EST


Now there are no users of the get_kernel_page() function,
thus remove it.

Signed-off-by: Baolin Wang <baolin.wang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 1 -
mm/swap.c | 22 ----------------------
2 files changed, 23 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 7bc883c..dbfee57 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1953,7 +1953,6 @@ int __account_locked_vm(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long pages, bool inc,
struct kvec;
int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *iov, int nr_pages, int write,
struct page **pages);
-int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages);
struct page *get_dump_page(unsigned long addr);

extern int try_to_release_page(struct page * page, gfp_t gfp_mask);
diff --git a/mm/swap.c b/mm/swap.c
index 6f382ab..645b733 100644
--- a/mm/swap.c
+++ b/mm/swap.c
@@ -180,28 +180,6 @@ int get_kernel_pages(const struct kvec *kiov, int nr_segs, int write,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_pages);

-/*
- * get_kernel_page() - pin a kernel page in memory
- * @start: starting kernel address
- * @write: pinning for read/write, currently ignored
- * @pages: array that receives pointer to the page pinned.
- * Must be at least nr_segs long.
- *
- * Returns 1 if page is pinned. If the page was not pinned, returns
- * -errno. The page returned must be released with a put_page() call
- * when it is finished with.
- */
-int get_kernel_page(unsigned long start, int write, struct page **pages)
-{
- const struct kvec kiov = {
- .iov_base = (void *)start,
- .iov_len = PAGE_SIZE
- };
-
- return get_kernel_pages(&kiov, 1, write, pages);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(get_kernel_page);
-
static void pagevec_lru_move_fn(struct pagevec *pvec,
void (*move_fn)(struct page *page, struct lruvec *lruvec))
{
--
1.8.3.1