It is no need to find the very beginning of the area within alloc_vmap_area, which can be done by judging each node during the process Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <zhaoyang.huang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zhaoyang Huang <huangzhaoyang@xxxxxxxxx> --- mm/vmalloc.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c index 34a1c3e..f833e07 100644 --- a/mm/vmalloc.c +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c @@ -459,9 +459,16 @@ static struct vmap_area *alloc_vmap_area(unsigned long size, while (n) { struct vmap_area *tmp; + struct vmap_area *tmp_next; tmp = rb_entry(n, struct vmap_area, rb_node); + tmp_next = list_next_entry(tmp, list); if (tmp->va_end >= addr) { first = tmp; + if (ALIGN(tmp->va_end, align) + size + < tmp_next->va_start) { + addr = ALIGN(tmp->va_end, align); + goto found; + } if (tmp->va_start <= addr) break; n = n->rb_left; -- 1.9.1 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>