The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove prev check from do_vmi_align_munmap()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-remove-prev-check-from-do_vmi_align_munmap.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-remove-prev-check-from-do_vmi_align_munmap.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: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove prev check from do_vmi_align_munmap()
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2023 14:31:46 -0400
If the prev does not exist, the vma iterator will be set to MAS_NONE,
which will be treated as a MAS_START when the mas_next or mas_find is
used. In this case, the next caller will be the vma iterator, which
uses mas_find() under the hood and will now do what the user expects.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230724183157.3939892-5-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peng Zhang <zhangpeng.00@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/mmap.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/mmap.c~mm-remove-prev-check-from-do_vmi_align_munmap
+++ a/mm/mmap.c
@@ -2459,8 +2459,6 @@ do_vmi_align_munmap(struct vma_iterator
}
prev = vma_prev(vmi);
- if (unlikely((!prev)))
- vma_iter_set(vmi, start);
/*
* Detach a range of VMAs from the mm. Using next as a temp variable as
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-mmap-clean-up-validate_mm-calls.patch
maple_tree-relax-lockdep-checks-for-on-stack-trees.patch
mm-mmap-change-detached-vma-locking-scheme.patch
maple_tree-be-more-strict-about-locking.patch
maple_tree-add-benchmarking-for-mas_for_each.patch
maple_tree-add-benchmarking-for-mas_prev.patch
mm-change-do_vmi_align_munmap-tracking-of-vmas-to-remove.patch
mm-remove-prev-check-from-do_vmi_align_munmap.patch
maple_tree-introduce-__mas_set_range.patch
mm-remove-re-walk-from-mmap_region.patch
maple_tree-re-introduce-entry-to-mas_preallocate-arguments.patch
maple_tree-adjust-node-allocation-on-mas_rebalance.patch
mm-use-vma_iter_clear_gfp-in-nommu.patch
mm-set-up-vma-iterator-for-vma_iter_prealloc-calls.patch
maple_tree-move-mas_wr_end_piv-below-mas_wr_extend_null.patch
maple_tree-update-mas_preallocate-testing.patch
maple_tree-refine-mas_preallocate-node-calculations.patch
maple_tree-reduce-resets-during-store-setup.patch
mm-mmap-change-vma-iteration-order-in-do_vmi_align_munmap.patch
