mm: cleanup clear_not_present_full_ptes() and rename to clear_non_present_ptes()

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Let's clean it up a bit:

(1) There is no need to pass "full" anymore.

(2) No architecture overwrites it, and there isn't really a good reason
    to do so when dealing with non-present PTEs.

(3) While at it, call it "non-present", similar to copy_nonpresent_pte()
    and zap_nonpresent_ptes().

It's a shame that we have clear_non_present_ptes() correspond to
pte_clear() and clear_ptes() correspond to ptep_get_and_clear*().

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20260629-clear_not_present_full_ptes-v2-3-96089871a1e7@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Oscar Salvador (SUSE) <osalvador@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Lance Yang <lance.yang@linux.dev>
Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam R. Howlett <liam@infradead.org>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@kernel.org>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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David Hildenbrand (Arm) 2026-06-29 15:49:49 +02:00 • committed by Andrew Morton

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