Re: [PATCH] mm: remove unused early_pfn_valid()

[David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>]

On 23.09.20 18:29, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> 
> The early_pfn_valid() macro is defined by it is never used.
> Remove it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  include/linux/mmzone.h | 5 -----
>  1 file changed, 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> index 8379432f4f2f..38264363b0d4 100644
> --- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
> +++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
> @@ -1376,7 +1376,6 @@ static inline unsigned long next_present_section_nr(unsigned long section_nr)
>  #define pfn_to_nid(pfn)		(0)
>  #endif
>  
> -#define early_pfn_valid(pfn)	pfn_valid(pfn)
>  void sparse_init(void);
>  #else
>  #define sparse_init()	do {} while (0)
> @@ -1396,10 +1395,6 @@ struct mminit_pfnnid_cache {
>  	int last_nid;
>  };
>  
> -#ifndef early_pfn_valid
> -#define early_pfn_valid(pfn)	(1)
> -#endif
> -
>  /*
>   * If it is possible to have holes within a MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES, then we
>   * need to check pfn validity within that MAX_ORDER_NR_PAGES block.
> 

Think the last user was removed with

commit 73a6e474cb376921a311786652782155eac2fdf0
Author: Baoquan He <bhe@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed Jun 3 15:57:55 2020 -0700

    mm: memmap_init: iterate over memblock regions rather that check
each PFN

    When called during boot the memmap_init_zone() function checks if
each PFN
    is valid and actually belongs to the node being initialized using
    early_pfn_valid() and early_pfn_in_nid().

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb