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authorNick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>2006-03-31 12:29:56 +0200
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>2006-03-31 22:18:49 +0200
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parent[PATCH] migrate_pages_to() must be defined for the no swap case (diff)
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[PATCH] mm: schedule find_trylock_page() removal
find_trylock_page() is an odd interface in that it doesn't take a reference like the others. Now that XFS no longer uses it, and its last remaining caller actually wants an elevated refcount, opencode that callsite and schedule find_trylock_page() for removal. Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de> Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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@@ -241,3 +241,15 @@ Why: The USB subsystem has changed a lot over time, and it has been
Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@suse.de>
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+What: find_trylock_page
+When: January 2007
+Why: The interface no longer has any callers left in the kernel. It
+ is an odd interface (compared with other find_*_page functions), in
+ that it does not take a refcount to the page, only the page lock.
+ It should be replaced with find_get_page or find_lock_page if possible.
+ This feature removal can be reevaluated if users of the interface
+ cannot cleanly use something else.
+Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
+
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