Re: [PATCH v11 2/8] mm: introduce clear_pages() and clear_user_pages()

[David Hildenbrand (Red Hat)]

On 1/7/26 08:20, Ankur Arora wrote:
> Introduce clear_pages(), to be overridden by architectures that
> support more efficient clearing of consecutive pages.
>
> Also introduce clear_user_pages(), however, we will not expect this
> function to be overridden anytime soon.
>
> As we do for clear_user_page(), define clear_user_pages() only if the
> architecture does not define clear_user_highpage().
>
> That is because if the architecture does define clear_user_highpage(),
> then it likely needs some flushing magic when clearing user pages or
> highpages. This means we can get away without defining clear_user_pages(),
> since, much like its single page sibling, its only potential user is the
> generic clear_user_highpages() which should instead be using
> clear_user_highpage().
>
> Signed-off-by: Ankur Arora <ankur.a.arora@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers

David