39 files changed, 25 insertions, 395 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 71ded3b7d82d..eb91f1e85629 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -53,6 +53,4 @@ pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
         free_page((unsigned long)pmd);
 }
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 #endif /* _ALPHA_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 9bdb8ed5b0db..4751f2251cd9 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t ptep)
 
 #define __pte_free_tlb(tlb, pte, addr)  pte_free((tlb)->mm, pte)
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()   do { } while (0)
 #define pmd_pgtable(pmd)        ((pgtable_t) pmd_page_vaddr(pmd))
 
 #endif /* _ASM_ARC_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index a2a68b751971..069da393110c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
 #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()               do { } while (0)
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
 
 #define _PAGE_USER_TABLE        (PMD_TYPE_TABLE | PMD_BIT4 | PMD_DOMAIN(DOMAIN_USER))
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 14d0bc44d451..172d76fa0245 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/pgalloc.h>        /* for pte_{alloc,free}_one */
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()               do { } while (0)
-
 #define PGD_SIZE        (PTRS_PER_PGD * sizeof(pgd_t))
 
 #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
diff --git a/arch/csky/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/csky/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 98c5716708d6..d089113fe41f 100644
--- a/arch/csky/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/csky/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -75,8 +75,6 @@ do {							\
         tlb_remove_page(tlb, pte);                      \
 } while (0)
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do {} while (0)
-
 extern void pagetable_init(void);
 extern void pre_mmu_init(void);
 extern void pre_trap_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index d6544dc71258..5a6e79e7926d 100644
--- a/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@
 
 #include <asm-generic/pgalloc.h>        /* for pte_{alloc,free}_one */
 
-#define check_pgt_cache() do {} while (0)
-
 extern unsigned long long kmap_generation;
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index 685a3df126ca..16714477eef4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -72,10 +72,6 @@ config 64BIT
 config ZONE_DMA32
         def_bool y
 
-config QUICKLIST
-        bool
-        default y
-
 config MMU
         bool
         default y
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index c9e481023c25..b03d993f5d7e 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -19,18 +19,17 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/page-flags.h>
 #include <linux/threads.h>
-#include <linux/quicklist.h>
 
 #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
 
 static inline pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-        return quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+        return (pgd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
 {
-        quicklist_free(0, NULL, pgd);
+        free_page((unsigned long)pgd);
 }
 
 #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 4
@@ -42,12 +41,12 @@ pgd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t * pgd_entry, pud_t * pud)
 
 static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-        return quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+        return (pud_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
 {
-        quicklist_free(0, NULL, pud);
+        free_page((unsigned long)pud);
 }
 #define __pud_free_tlb(tlb, pud, address)       pud_free((tlb)->mm, pud)
 #endif /* CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 4 */
@@ -60,12 +59,12 @@ pud_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t * pud_entry, pmd_t * pmd)
 
 static inline pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
 {
-        return quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+        return (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
 {
-        quicklist_free(0, NULL, pmd);
+        free_page((unsigned long)pmd);
 }
 
 #define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmd, address)       pmd_free((tlb)->mm, pmd)
@@ -86,14 +85,12 @@ pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t * pmd_entry, pte_t * pte)
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
         struct page *page;
-        void *pg;
 
-        pg = quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-        if (!pg)
+        page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+        if (!page)
                 return NULL;
-        page = virt_to_page(pg);
         if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
-                quicklist_free(0, NULL, pg);
+                __free_page(page);
                 return NULL;
         }
         return page;
@@ -101,23 +98,18 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-        return quicklist_alloc(0, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+        return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pte)
 {
         pgtable_page_dtor(pte);
-        quicklist_free_page(0, NULL, pte);
+        __free_page(pte);
 }
 
 static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 {
-        quicklist_free(0, NULL, pte);
-}
-
-static inline void check_pgt_cache(void)
-{
-        quicklist_trim(0, NULL, 25, 16);
+        free_page((unsigned long)pte);
 }
 
 #define __pte_free_tlb(tlb, pte, address)       pte_free((tlb)->mm, pte)
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
index fde4534b974f..cc476c1d72e5 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_mm.h
@@ -181,6 +181,4 @@ pgprot_t pgprot_dmacoherent(pgprot_t prot);
  */
 #define pgtable_cache_init()    do { } while (0)
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 #endif /* _M68K_PGTABLE_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h
index fc3a96c77bd8..69e271101223 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/pgtable_no.h
@@ -60,6 +60,4 @@ extern void paging_init(void);
 
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable.h>
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 #endif /* _M68KNOMMU_PGTABLE_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index f4cc9ffc449e..ac0731881751 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -21,83 +21,20 @@
 #include <asm/cache.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
-#define PGDIR_ORDER     0
-
-/*
- * This is handled very differently on MicroBlaze since out page tables
- * are all 0's and I want to be able to use these zero'd pages elsewhere
- * as well - it gives us quite a speedup.
- * -- Cort
- */
-extern struct pgtable_cache_struct {
-        unsigned long *pgd_cache;
-        unsigned long *pte_cache;
-        unsigned long pgtable_cache_sz;
-} quicklists;
-
-#define pgd_quicklist           (quicklists.pgd_cache)
-#define pmd_quicklist           ((unsigned long *)0)
-#define pte_quicklist           (quicklists.pte_cache)
-#define pgtable_cache_size      (quicklists.pgtable_cache_sz)
-
-extern unsigned long *zero_cache; /* head linked list of pre-zero'd pages */
-extern atomic_t zero_sz; /* # currently pre-zero'd pages */
-extern atomic_t zeropage_hits; /* # zero'd pages request that we've done */
-extern atomic_t zeropage_calls; /* # zero'd pages request that've been made */
-extern atomic_t zerototal; /* # pages zero'd over time */
-
-#define zero_quicklist          (zero_cache)
-#define zero_cache_sz           (zero_sz)
-#define zero_cache_calls        (zeropage_calls)
-#define zero_cache_hits         (zeropage_hits)
-#define zero_cache_total        (zerototal)
-
-/*
- * return a pre-zero'd page from the list,
- * return NULL if none available -- Cort
- */
-extern unsigned long get_zero_page_fast(void);
-
 extern void __bad_pte(pmd_t *pmd);
 
-static inline pgd_t *get_pgd_slow(void)
+static inline pgd_t *get_pgd(void)
 {
-        pgd_t *ret;
-
-        ret = (pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL, PGDIR_ORDER);
-        if (ret != NULL)
-                clear_page(ret);
-        return ret;
+        return (pgd_t *)__get_free_pages(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_ZERO, 0);
 }
 
-static inline pgd_t *get_pgd_fast(void)
-{
-        unsigned long *ret;
-
-        ret = pgd_quicklist;
-        if (ret != NULL) {
-                pgd_quicklist = (unsigned long *)(*ret);
-                ret[0] = 0;
-                pgtable_cache_size--;
-        } else
-                ret = (unsigned long *)get_pgd_slow();
-        return (pgd_t *)ret;
-}
-
-static inline void free_pgd_fast(pgd_t *pgd)
-{
-        *(unsigned long **)pgd = pgd_quicklist;
-        pgd_quicklist = (unsigned long *) pgd;
-        pgtable_cache_size++;
-}
-
-static inline void free_pgd_slow(pgd_t *pgd)
+static inline void free_pgd(pgd_t *pgd)
 {
         free_page((unsigned long)pgd);
 }
 
-#define pgd_free(mm, pgd)        free_pgd_fast(pgd)
-#define pgd_alloc(mm)           get_pgd_fast()
+#define pgd_free(mm, pgd)       free_pgd(pgd)
+#define pgd_alloc(mm)           get_pgd()
 
 #define pmd_pgtable(pmd)        pmd_page(pmd)
 
@@ -115,15 +52,14 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
         struct page *ptepage;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
-        int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_HIGHMEM;
+        int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO | __GFP_HIGHMEM;
 #else
-        int flags = GFP_KERNEL;
+        int flags = GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO;
 #endif
 
         ptepage = alloc_pages(flags, 0);
         if (!ptepage)
                 return NULL;
-        clear_highpage(ptepage);
         if (!pgtable_page_ctor(ptepage)) {
                 __free_page(ptepage);
                 return NULL;
@@ -131,13 +67,6 @@ static inline struct page *pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
         return ptepage;
 }
 
-static inline void pte_free_fast(pte_t *pte)
-{
-        *(unsigned long **)pte = pte_quicklist;
-        pte_quicklist = (unsigned long *) pte;
-        pgtable_cache_size++;
-}
-
 static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 {
         free_page((unsigned long)pte);
@@ -171,10 +100,6 @@ static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *ptepage)
 #define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, x, addr)    pmd_free((tlb)->mm, x)
 #define pgd_populate(mm, pmd, pte)      BUG()
 
-extern int do_check_pgt_cache(int, int);
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()               do { } while (0)
-
 #endif /* _ASM_MICROBLAZE_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
index 8fe54fda31dc..010bb9cee2e4 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/microblaze/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ unsigned long ioremap_base;
 unsigned long ioremap_bot;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ioremap_bot);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
-struct pgtable_cache_struct quicklists;
-#endif
-
 static void __iomem *__ioremap(phys_addr_t addr, unsigned long size,
                 unsigned long flags)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index aa16b85ddffc..aa73cb187a07 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -105,8 +105,6 @@ static inline void pgd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, pud_t *pud)
 
 #endif /* __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED */
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 extern void pagetable_init(void);
 
 #endif /* _ASM_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/nds32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index e78b43d8389f..37125e6884d7 100644
--- a/arch/nds32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 extern pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm);
 extern void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t * pgd);
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()               do { } while (0)
-
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
         pgtable_t pte;
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 4bc8cf72067e..750d18d5980b 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
                 tlb_remove_page((tlb), (pte));                  \
         } while (0)
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 #endif /* _ASM_NIOS2_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 3d4b397c2d06..787c1b9d2f6d 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -101,6 +101,4 @@ do {					\
 
 #define pmd_pgtable(pmd) pmd_page(pmd)
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()          do { } while (0)
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 4f2059a50fae..d98647c29b74 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -124,6 +124,4 @@ pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd, pte_t *pte)
         pmd_populate_kernel(mm, pmd, page_address(pte_page))
 #define pmd_pgtable(pmd) pmd_page(pmd)
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 2b2c60a1a66d..6dd78a2dc03a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -64,8 +64,6 @@ static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t ptepage)
 extern struct kmem_cache *pgtable_cache[];
 #define PGT_CACHE(shift) pgtable_cache[shift]
 
-static inline void check_pgt_cache(void) { }
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S
 #include <asm/book3s/pgalloc.h>
 #else
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 56a67d66f72f..f66a00d8cb19 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -82,8 +82,4 @@ do {                                    \
         tlb_remove_page((tlb), pte);    \
 } while (0)
 
-static inline void check_pgt_cache(void)
-{
-}
-
 #endif /* _ASM_RISCV_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 0c4600725fc2..8f59454ac407 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -1686,7 +1686,6 @@ extern void s390_reset_cmma(struct mm_struct *mm);
  * No page table caches to initialise
  */
 static inline void pgtable_cache_init(void) { }
-static inline void check_pgt_cache(void) { }
 
 #include <asm-generic/pgtable.h>
 
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index b56f908b1395..9e15054858b4 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 #ifndef __ASM_SH_PGALLOC_H
 #define __ASM_SH_PGALLOC_H
 
-#include <linux/quicklist.h>
 #include <asm/page.h>
 
-#define QUICK_PT 0      /* Other page table pages that are zero on free */
-
 extern pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *);
 extern void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd);
 
@@ -34,20 +31,18 @@ static inline void pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
  */
 static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
-        return quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
+        return (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
 }
 
 static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
 {
         struct page *page;
-        void *pg;
 
-        pg = quicklist_alloc(QUICK_PT, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
-        if (!pg)
+        page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO);
+        if (!page)
                 return NULL;
-        page = virt_to_page(pg);
         if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
-                quicklist_free(QUICK_PT, NULL, pg);
+                __free_page(page);
                 return NULL;
         }
         return page;
@@ -55,13 +50,13 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
 static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
 {
-        quicklist_free(QUICK_PT, NULL, pte);
+        free_page((unsigned long)pte);
 }
 
 static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pte)
 {
         pgtable_page_dtor(pte);
-        quicklist_free_page(QUICK_PT, NULL, pte);
+        __free_page(pte);
 }
 
 #define __pte_free_tlb(tlb,pte,addr)                    \
@@ -79,9 +74,4 @@ do {							\
 } while (0);
 #endif
 
-static inline void check_pgt_cache(void)
-{
-        quicklist_trim(QUICK_PT, NULL, 25, 16);
-}
-
 #endif /* __ASM_SH_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig b/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig
index 02ed2df25a54..5c8a2ebfc720 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 menu "Memory management options"
 
-config QUICKLIST
-        def_bool y
-
 config MMU
         bool "Support for memory management hardware"
         depends on !CPU_SH2
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_32.h
index 282be50a4adf..10538a4d1a1e 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_32.h
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ void srmmu_free_nocache(void *addr, int size);
 
 extern struct resource sparc_iomap;
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 pgd_t *get_pgd_fast(void);
 static inline void free_pgd_fast(pgd_t *pgd)
 {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
index 48abccba4991..9d3e5cc95bbb 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h
@@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t ptepage);
 #define pmd_populate(MM, PMD, PTE)              pmd_set(MM, PMD, PTE)
 #define pmd_pgtable(PMD)                        ((pte_t *)__pmd_page(PMD))
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 void pgtable_free(void *table, bool is_page);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
index 046ab116cc8c..906eda1158b4 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_32.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/pgtable.h>
 #include <asm/vaddrs.h>
-#include <asm/pgalloc.h>        /* bug in asm-generic/tlb.h: check_pgt_cache */
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/tlb.h>
 #include <asm/prom.h>
diff --git a/arch/um/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/um/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 023599c3fa51..446e0c0f4018 100644
--- a/arch/um/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/um/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -43,7 +43,5 @@ static inline void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
 #define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb,x, address)   tlb_remove_page((tlb),virt_to_page(x))
 #endif
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
 #endif
 
diff --git a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 3f0903bd98e9..ba1c9a79993b 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/unicore32/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_ALLOC_ONE
 #include <asm-generic/pgalloc.h>
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()               do { } while (0)
-
 #define _PAGE_USER_TABLE        (PMD_TYPE_TABLE | PMD_PRESENT)
 #define _PAGE_KERNEL_TABLE      (PMD_TYPE_TABLE | PMD_PRESENT)
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
index c78da8eda8f2..b9b9f8aa963e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern pgd_t initial_page_table[1024];
 extern pmd_t initial_pg_pmd[];
 
 static inline void pgtable_cache_init(void) { }
-static inline void check_pgt_cache(void) { }
 void paging_init(void);
 void sync_initial_page_table(void);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index 4990d26dfc73..a26d2d58b9c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -242,7 +242,6 @@ extern void cleanup_highmap(void);
 #define HAVE_ARCH_UNMAPPED_AREA_TOPDOWN
 
 #define pgtable_cache_init()   do { } while (0)
-#define check_pgt_cache()      do { } while (0)
 
 #define PAGE_AGP    PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE
 #define HAVE_PAGE_AGP 1
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index 06875feb27c2..856e2da2e397 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -160,9 +160,6 @@ static inline void invalidate_dtlb_mapping (unsigned address)
                 invalidate_dtlb_entry(tlb_entry);
 }
 
-#define check_pgt_cache()       do { } while (0)
-
-
 /*
  * DO NOT USE THESE FUNCTIONS.  These instructions aren't part of the Xtensa
  * ISA and exist only for test purposes..
diff --git a/fs/proc/meminfo.c b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
index 465ea0153b2a..4bd80e68eb03 100644
--- a/fs/proc/meminfo.c
+++ b/fs/proc/meminfo.c
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 #include <linux/mmzone.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
 #include <linux/percpu.h>
-#include <linux/quicklist.h>
 #include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/swap.h>
 #include <linux/vmstat.h>
@@ -106,9 +105,6 @@ static int meminfo_proc_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
                    global_zone_page_state(NR_KERNEL_STACK_KB));
         show_val_kb(m, "PageTables:     ",
                     global_zone_page_state(NR_PAGETABLE));
-#ifdef CONFIG_QUICKLIST
-        show_val_kb(m, "Quicklists:     ", quicklist_total_size());
-#endif
 
         show_val_kb(m, "NFS_Unstable:   ",
                     global_node_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS));
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h b/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h
index 8476175c07e7..6f8cc06ee44e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h
@@ -102,11 +102,6 @@ static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *pte_page)
         __free_page(pte_page);
 }
 
-#else /* CONFIG_MMU */
-
-/* This is enough for a nommu architecture */
-#define check_pgt_cache()          do { } while (0)
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_PGALLOC_H */
diff --git a/include/linux/quicklist.h b/include/linux/quicklist.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 034982c98c8b..000000000000
--- a/include/linux/quicklist.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,94 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
-#ifndef LINUX_QUICKLIST_H
-#define LINUX_QUICKLIST_H
-/*
- * Fast allocations and disposal of pages. Pages must be in the condition
- * as needed after allocation when they are freed. Per cpu lists of pages
- * are kept that only contain node local pages.
- *
- * (C) 2007, SGI. Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
- */
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/gfp.h>
-#include <linux/percpu.h>
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_QUICKLIST
-
-struct quicklist {
-        void *page;
-        int nr_pages;
-};
-
-DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct quicklist, quicklist)[CONFIG_NR_QUICK];
-
-/*
- * The two key functions quicklist_alloc and quicklist_free are inline so
- * that they may be custom compiled for the platform.
- * Specifying a NULL ctor can remove constructor support. Specifying
- * a constant quicklist allows the determination of the exact address
- * in the per cpu area.
- *
- * The fast patch in quicklist_alloc touched only a per cpu cacheline and
- * the first cacheline of the page itself. There is minmal overhead involved.
- */
-static inline void *quicklist_alloc(int nr, gfp_t flags, void (*ctor)(void *))
-{
-        struct quicklist *q;
-        void **p = NULL;
-
-        q =&get_cpu_var(quicklist)[nr];
-        p = q->page;
-        if (likely(p)) {
-                q->page = p[0];
-                p[0] = NULL;
-                q->nr_pages--;
-        }
-        put_cpu_var(quicklist);
-        if (likely(p))
-                return p;
-
-        p = (void *)__get_free_page(flags | __GFP_ZERO);
-        if (ctor && p)
-                ctor(p);
-        return p;
-}
-
-static inline void __quicklist_free(int nr, void (*dtor)(void *), void *p,
-        struct page *page)
-{
-        struct quicklist *q;
-
-        q = &get_cpu_var(quicklist)[nr];
-        *(void **)p = q->page;
-        q->page = p;
-        q->nr_pages++;
-        put_cpu_var(quicklist);
-}
-
-static inline void quicklist_free(int nr, void (*dtor)(void *), void *pp)
-{
-        __quicklist_free(nr, dtor, pp, virt_to_page(pp));
-}
-
-static inline void quicklist_free_page(int nr, void (*dtor)(void *),
-                                                        struct page *page)
-{
-        __quicklist_free(nr, dtor, page_address(page), page);
-}
-
-void quicklist_trim(int nr, void (*dtor)(void *),
-        unsigned long min_pages, unsigned long max_free);
-
-unsigned long quicklist_total_size(void);
-
-#else
-
-static inline unsigned long quicklist_total_size(void)
-{
-        return 0;
-}
-
-#endif
-
-#endif /* LINUX_QUICKLIST_H */
-
diff --git a/kernel/sched/idle.c b/kernel/sched/idle.c
index c892c6280c9f..8dad5aa600ea 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/idle.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/idle.c
@@ -238,7 +238,6 @@ static void do_idle(void)
         tick_nohz_idle_enter();
 
         while (!need_resched()) {
-                check_pgt_cache();
                 rmb();
 
                 local_irq_disable();
diff --git a/lib/show_mem.c b/lib/show_mem.c
index 5c86ef4c899f..1c26c14ffbb9 100644
--- a/lib/show_mem.c
+++ b/lib/show_mem.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/quicklist.h>
 #include <linux/cma.h>
 
 void show_mem(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask)
@@ -39,10 +38,6 @@ void show_mem(unsigned int filter, nodemask_t *nodemask)
 #ifdef CONFIG_CMA
         printk("%lu pages cma reserved\n", totalcma_pages);
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_QUICKLIST
-        printk("%lu pages in pagetable cache\n",
-                quicklist_total_size());
-#endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_FAILURE
         printk("%lu pages hwpoisoned\n", atomic_long_read(&num_poisoned_pages));
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 2fe4902ad755..f88be1cbcfb2 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -273,11 +273,6 @@ config BOUNCE
           by default when ZONE_DMA or HIGHMEM is selected, but you
           may say n to override this.
 
-config NR_QUICK
-        int
-        depends on QUICKLIST
-        default "1"
-
 config VIRT_TO_BUS
         bool
         help
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index d0b295c3b764..d11de59e9c3c 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FAILSLAB) += failslab.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) += memory_hotplug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMTEST)           += memtest.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MIGRATION) += migrate.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_QUICKLIST) += quicklist.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) += huge_memory.o khugepaged.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_COUNTER) += page_counter.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMCG) += memcontrol.o vmpressure.o
diff --git a/mm/mmu_gather.c b/mm/mmu_gather.c
index 8c943a6e1696..7d70e5c78f97 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_gather.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_gather.c
@@ -271,8 +271,6 @@ void tlb_finish_mmu(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 
         tlb_flush_mmu(tlb);
 
-        /* keep the page table cache within bounds */
-        check_pgt_cache();
 #ifndef CONFIG_HAVE_MMU_GATHER_NO_GATHER
         tlb_batch_list_free(tlb);
 #endif
diff --git a/mm/quicklist.c b/mm/quicklist.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e98ac78e410..000000000000
--- a/mm/quicklist.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,103 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-/*
- * Quicklist support.
- *
- * Quicklists are light weight lists of pages that have a defined state
- * on alloc and free. Pages must be in the quicklist specific defined state
- * (zero by default) when the page is freed. It seems that the initial idea
- * for such lists first came from Dave Miller and then various other people
- * improved on it.
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2007 SGI,
- *      Christoph Lameter <cl@linux.com>
- *              Generalized, added support for multiple lists and
- *              constructors / destructors.
- */
-#include <linux/kernel.h>
-
-#include <linux/gfp.h>
-#include <linux/mm.h>
-#include <linux/mmzone.h>
-#include <linux/quicklist.h>
-
-DEFINE_PER_CPU(struct quicklist [CONFIG_NR_QUICK], quicklist);
-
-#define FRACTION_OF_NODE_MEM    16
-
-static unsigned long max_pages(unsigned long min_pages)
-{
-        unsigned long node_free_pages, max;
-        int node = numa_node_id();
-        struct zone *zones = NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones;
-        int num_cpus_on_node;
-
-        node_free_pages =
-#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA
-                zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_DMA], NR_FREE_PAGES) +
-#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_ZONE_DMA32
-                zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_DMA32], NR_FREE_PAGES) +
-#endif
-                zone_page_state(&zones[ZONE_NORMAL], NR_FREE_PAGES);
-
-        max = node_free_pages / FRACTION_OF_NODE_MEM;
-
-        num_cpus_on_node = cpumask_weight(cpumask_of_node(node));
-        max /= num_cpus_on_node;
-
-        return max(max, min_pages);
-}
-
-static long min_pages_to_free(struct quicklist *q,
-        unsigned long min_pages, long max_free)
-{
-        long pages_to_free;
-
-        pages_to_free = q->nr_pages - max_pages(min_pages);
-
-        return min(pages_to_free, max_free);
-}
-
-/*
- * Trim down the number of pages in the quicklist
- */
-void quicklist_trim(int nr, void (*dtor)(void *),
-        unsigned long min_pages, unsigned long max_free)
-{
-        long pages_to_free;
-        struct quicklist *q;
-
-        q = &get_cpu_var(quicklist)[nr];
-        if (q->nr_pages > min_pages) {
-                pages_to_free = min_pages_to_free(q, min_pages, max_free);
-
-                while (pages_to_free > 0) {
-                        /*
-                         * We pass a gfp_t of 0 to quicklist_alloc here
-                         * because we will never call into the page allocator.
-                         */
-                        void *p = quicklist_alloc(nr, 0, NULL);
-
-                        if (dtor)
-                                dtor(p);
-                        free_page((unsigned long)p);
-                        pages_to_free--;
-                }
-        }
-        put_cpu_var(quicklist);
-}
-
-unsigned long quicklist_total_size(void)
-{
-        unsigned long count = 0;
-        int cpu;
-        struct quicklist *ql, *q;
-
-        for_each_online_cpu(cpu) {
-                ql = per_cpu(quicklist, cpu);
-                for (q = ql; q < ql + CONFIG_NR_QUICK; q++)
-                        count += q->nr_pages;
-        }
-        return count;
-}
-