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 5f03c8f3f407..58b2187b447b 100644 --- a/mm/mmap.c +++ b/mm/mmap.c @@ -722,10 +722,12 @@ 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