[patch 1/2] mm: remove free_area_cache use in powerpc architecture

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Mon Mar 18 19:19:19 EST 2013


On Mon, 2013-03-18 at 01:08 -0700, Michel Lespinasse wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 3:05 PM,  <akpm at linux-foundation.org> wrote:
> > From: Michel Lespinasse <walken at google.com>
> > Subject: mm: remove free_area_cache use in powerpc architecture
> >
> > As all other architectures have been converted to use vm_unmapped_area(),
> > we are about to retire the free_area_cache.
> 
> Ping ? I haven't seen any replies from the ppc maintainers, and
> powerpc is now the only remaining user of free_area_cache. Could you
> please take these two patches ?

Ah the ppc maintainer was totally swamped (and now on vacation) and was
hoping somebody else would review & test that ... 

Aneesh, David, can you have a look ?

Thanks !

Cheers,
Ben.




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