From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> If the vma start address is going to change due to an insert, then it is safe to not write the vma to the tree. The write of the insert vma will alter the tree as necessary. Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c index 8db711622d50..f37a6b5a40d6 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -779,10 +779,12 @@ int __vma_adjust(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct vm_area_struct *vma, } if (start != vma->vm_start) { - if ((vma->vm_start < start) && - (!insert || (insert->vm_end != start))) { - vma_iter_clear(vmi, vma->vm_start, start); - VM_WARN_ON(insert && insert->vm_start > vma->vm_start); + if (vma->vm_start < start) { + if (!insert || (insert->vm_end != start)) { + vma_iter_clear(vmi, vma->vm_start, start); + vma_iter_set(vmi, start); + VM_WARN_ON(insert && insert->vm_start > vma->vm_start); + } } else { vma_changed = true; } -- 2.35.1