Re: [rfc] 2.6.19-rc1-git5: consolidation of file backed fault handlers

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On Tue, Oct 10, 2006 at 04:21:32PM +0200, Nick Piggin wrote:
> This patchset is against 2.6.19-rc1-mm1 up to
> numa-add-zone_to_nid-function-swap_prefetch.patch (ie. no readahead stuff,
> which causes big rejects and would be much easier to fix in readahead
> patches than here). Other than this feature, the -mm specific stuff is
> pretty simple (mainly straightforward filesystem conversions).
> 
> Changes since last round:
> - trimmed the cc list, no big changes since last time.
> - fix the few buglets preventing it from actually booting
> - reinstate filemap_nopage and filemap_populate, because they're exported
>   symbols even though no longer used in the tree. Schedule for removal.

Just kill them and the whole ->populate methods.  We have a better API that
replaces them 100% with your patch, and they've never been a widespread
API.

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