Re: git: c8d56817b80f - main - vm_object: drop memq field

From: Andriy Gapon <avg_at_FreeBSD.org>
Date: Tue, 06 May 2025 17:08:01 UTC
On 06/05/2025 19:03, Doug Moore wrote:
> The branch main has been updated by dougm:
> 
> URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=c8d56817b80f49c30e5bfe2cbff1dc2aed27096b
> 
> commit c8d56817b80f49c30e5bfe2cbff1dc2aed27096b
> Author:     Doug Moore <dougm@FreeBSD.org>
> AuthorDate: 2025-05-06 16:01:51 +0000
> Commit:     Doug Moore <dougm@FreeBSD.org>
> CommitDate: 2025-05-06 16:01:51 +0000
> 
>      vm_object: drop memq field
>      
>      The memq field in vm_object is used to maintain a list of mapped
>      pages, sorted by pindex. Remove that field, and stop maintaining the
>      list.
>      
>      Reviewed by:    alc, kib, markj

It would have been useful to provide a little bit of context / history.
Why we needed memq (or why we had it if we didn't need it).
And why it has become disused.

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Andriy Gapon