[PATCH v2 0/3] mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes()

[David Hildenbrand (Arm)]

While doing some review, I stumbled over clear_not_present_full_ptes()
and concluded that it needs some love.

Let's remove pte_clear_not_present_full() and cleanup
clear_not_present_full_ptes(), renaming it to clear_non_present_ptes().

Heavily build-tested, runtime tested only on x86-64.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Changes in v2:
- Silence warning in patch #2 with architectures that don't use addr in
  their pte_clear() macro by using "(void)addr"
- Refine patch descriptions.
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260611-clear_not_present_full_ptes-v1-0-49865fc82629@xxxxxxxxxx

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David Hildenbrand (Arm) (3):
      sparc/mm: drop custom pte_clear_not_present_full()
      mm: drop pte_clear_not_present_full()
      mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes() and rename to clear_non_present_ptes()

 arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h |  4 ----
 include/linux/pgtable.h             | 33 +++++++--------------------------
 mm/madvise.c                        |  6 +++---
 mm/memory.c                         |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

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base-commit: fe61612214b618072b4ea3f5065a81296df6dd75

change-id: 20260610-clear_not_present_full_ptes-df3258baf7ed

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Cheers,

David