The patch titled Subject: mm/mmap/vma_merge: initialize mid and next in natural order has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is mm-mmap-vma_merge-initialize-mid-and-next-in-natural-order.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mmap-vma_merge-initialize-mid-and-next-in-natural-order.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Subject: mm/mmap/vma_merge: initialize mid and next in natural order Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2023 12:12:53 +0100 It is more intuitive to go from prev to mid and then next. No functional change. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230309111258.24079-6-vbabka@xxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/mmap.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) --- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-mmap-vma_merge-initialize-mid-and-next-in-natural-order +++ a/mm/mmap.c @@ -925,10 +925,11 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct if (vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL) return NULL; - next = find_vma(mm, prev ? prev->vm_end : 0); - mid = next; - if (next && next->vm_end == end) /* cases 6, 7, 8 */ - next = find_vma(mm, next->vm_end); + mid = find_vma(mm, prev ? prev->vm_end : 0); + if (mid && mid->vm_end == end) /* cases 6, 7, 8 */ + next = find_vma(mm, mid->vm_end); + else + next = mid; /* verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller */ VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start); _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from vbabka@xxxxxxx are mm-page_alloc-reduce-page-alloc-free-sanity-checks.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-only-primary-pointers-for-preparing-merge.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-the-proper-vma-pointer-in-case-3.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-the-proper-vma-pointers-in-cases-1-and-6.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-use-the-proper-vma-pointer-in-case-4.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-initialize-mid-and-next-in-natural-order.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-set-mid-to-null-if-not-applicable.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-rename-adj_next-to-adj_start.patch mm-mmap-vma_merge-convert-mergeability-checks-to-return-bool.patch mm-mmap-start-distinguishing-if-vma-can-be-removed-in-mergeability-test.patch mm-mremap-simplify-vma-expansion-again.patch