Re: [PATCH v1 00/11] Zero page->private when freeing pages

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Mon, Feb 23, 2026 at 09:00:57AM -0500, Zi Yan wrote:
> > awkward interface.  Don't do that.
> 
> Page allocator hands the user a zero ->private. I think it is reasonable
> to require the user to return a zero ->private. Restoring things back
> to their original states is a common standard, isn't it? And most of
> users do that.

No other relevant interface requires private data pointers, as that would
be silly and cause tons of bugs.