Re: [PATCH] mm: split out memory-failure declarations from internal.h

[Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>]

On 4 Nov 2026, at 11:45, Breno Leitao wrote:

> mm/internal.h carries the memory failure declarations, but only seven
> of the 81 .c files that include it use them.
>
> Move memory failure declarations to a new mm/memory-failure.h and
> include that from those seven files that need them.
>
> Move the block as is, including take_page_off_buddy(),
> put_page_back_buddy() and page_mapped_in_vma(): they live in
> page_alloc.c and page_vma_mapped.c, but are built only for
> CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE and called only from memory-failure.c.
>
> Keep the declarations private to mm/.
>
> No functional change.
>
> Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aumt-4kfGGtoXuh-@kernel.org/
> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@debian.org>
> ---
>  MAINTAINERS          |  1 +
>  mm/hwpoison-inject.c |  1 +
>  mm/internal.h        | 29 -----------------------------
>  mm/ksm.c             |  1 +
>  mm/memory-failure.c  |  1 +
>  mm/memory-failure.h  | 36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  mm/memory_hotplug.c  |  1 +
>  mm/page_alloc.c      |  1 +
>  mm/page_vma_mapped.c |  1 +
>  mm/vmscan.c          |  1 +
>  10 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-)
>
Makes sense. Thanks.

Acked-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com>

Best Regards,
Yan, Zi