Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm: make vma_merge() and split_vma() internal

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On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 05:45:26PM +0200, Vlastimil Babka wrote:
> On 10/8/23 22:23, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> > Now the vma_merge()/split_vma() pattern has been abstracted, we use it
>
> "it" refers to split_vma() only so "the latter" or "split_vma()"?
>

I mean to say the pattern of attempting vma_merge(), then if that fails,
splitting as necessary. I will try to clarify the language in v2.

> > entirely internally within mm/mmap.c, so make the function static. We also
> > no longer need vma_merge() anywhere else except mm/mremap.c, so make it
> > internal.
> >
> > In addition, the split_vma() nommu variant also need not be exported.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
>

Thanks!



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