On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 16:56:41 +0200 Jakub Matěna <matenajakub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Refactor vma_merge() to make it shorter and more understandable. > Main change is the elimination of code duplicity in the case of > merge next check. This is done by first doing checks and caching > the results before executing the merge itself. The variable 'area' is > divided into 'mid' and 'res' as previously it was used for two purposes, > as the middle VMA between prev and next and also as the result of the > merge itself. Exit paths are also unified. > Thanks, but unfortunately the code you're working on here has changed greatly in Liam's mapletree patchset. Could you please take a look at the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and decide if you want to tackle it?