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See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html X-Rspam-User: X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 361BA100003 X-Rspamd-Server: rspam10 X-Stat-Signature: udo3pqkeg3ugt96w64rxq9384tszictr X-HE-Tag: 1767687001-968849 X-HE-Meta: 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 Aeqw7SiM 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 X-Bogosity: Ham, tests=bogofilter, spamicity=0.000000, version=1.2.4 Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Precedence: bulk X-Loop: owner-majordomo@kvack.org List-ID: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: On Tue, Jan 06, 2026 at 09:00:21AM +0100, Vlastimil Babka wrote: > > Not sure. I hate the magic null skipping behavior in > > __alloc_pages_bulk()/release_pages(), but given that we try to stay > > compatible it might be best to do this. > > Well but release_pages() is null skipping but not NULL creating? True. Let me think about this a bit more.