[PATCH 3/8] mm/bootmem_info: stop using PG_private

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Mon May 11 2026 - 10:10:40 EST


Nobody checks PG_private for these pages, and we can happily use
set_page_private() without setting PG_private. So let's just stop
setting/clearing PG_private.

Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/bootmem_info.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/bootmem_info.c b/mm/bootmem_info.c
index a0a1ecdec8d0..6e2aaab3dca9 100644
--- a/mm/bootmem_info.c
+++ b/mm/bootmem_info.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ void get_page_bootmem(unsigned long info, struct page *page,
{
BUG_ON(type > 0xf);
BUG_ON(info > (ULONG_MAX >> 4));
- SetPagePrivate(page);
set_page_private(page, info << 4 | type);
page_ref_inc(page);
}
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ void put_page_bootmem(struct page *page)
type > MEMORY_HOTPLUG_MAX_BOOTMEM_TYPE);

if (page_ref_dec_return(page) == 1) {
- ClearPagePrivate(page);
set_page_private(page, 0);
kmemleak_free_part_phys(PFN_PHYS(page_to_pfn(page)), PAGE_SIZE);
free_reserved_page(page);

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