The patch titled
Subject: mm/mincore.c: use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-use-vma_lookup-instead-of-find_vma.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-use-vma_lookup-instead-of-find_vma.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Deming Wang <wangdeming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/mincore.c: use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma()
Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2022 23:03:45 -0400
Using vma_lookup() verifies the start address is contained in the found
vma. This results in easier to read the code.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20221007030345.5029-1-wangdeming@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Deming Wang <wangdeming@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mincore.c | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/mincore.c~mm-use-vma_lookup-instead-of-find_vma
+++ a/mm/mincore.c
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ static long do_mincore(unsigned long add
unsigned long end;
int err;
- vma = find_vma(current->mm, addr);
- if (!vma || addr < vma->vm_start)
+ vma = vma_lookup(current->mm, addr);
+ if (!vma)
return -ENOMEM;
end = min(vma->vm_end, addr + (pages << PAGE_SHIFT));
if (!can_do_mincore(vma)) {
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from wangdeming@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-use-vma_lookup-instead-of-find_vma.patch
