Re: [PATCH 0/8] mm: remove newly-unused page wrapper APIs

[Vishal Moola (Fractile)]

On Tue, Nov 03, 2026 at 01:02:15AM -0800, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2026 at 05:56:05PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >  9 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 110 deletions(-)
> > 
> > Tal, you obviously haven't been following along ;)
> > 
> > 
> > This development cycle is not the one for cleanups and new features,
> > but this one sneaks through!
> 
> Given that this is purely dead code removal I'd actually vote for
> fast tracking this into 7.3-rc.  Unused API better be removed ASAP
> before people start using them again.

I agree with this sentiment.

Although given how long the folio equivalents have existed, I don't
think it should be too much of an issue. AI is decent at catching
this sort of usage of "legacy" apis. I'm not sure if sashiko checks
though.