The patch titled
Subject: mm/vma: drop incorrect comment from vms_gather_munmap_vmas()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-vma-drop-incorrect-comment-from-vms_gather_munmap_vmas.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-vma-drop-incorrect-comment-from-vms_gather_munmap_vmas.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/vma: drop incorrect comment from vms_gather_munmap_vmas()
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 15:25:42 -0400
The comment has been outdated since 6b73cff239e52 ("mm: change munmap
splitting order and move_vma()"). The move_vma() was altered to fix the
fragile state of the accounting since then.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240822192543.3359552-21-Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@xxxxxx>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Moore <paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vma.c | 7 +------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/vma.c~mm-vma-drop-incorrect-comment-from-vms_gather_munmap_vmas
+++ a/mm/vma.c
@@ -755,13 +755,8 @@ int vms_gather_munmap_vmas(struct vma_mu
/*
* If we need to split any vma, do it now to save pain later.
- *
- * Note: mremap's move_vma VM_ACCOUNT handling assumes a partially
- * unmapped vm_area_struct will remain in use: so lower split_vma
- * places tmp vma above, and higher split_vma places tmp vma below.
+ * Does it split the first one?
*/
-
- /* Does it split the first one? */
if (vms->start > vms->vma->vm_start) {
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx are
maple_tree-remove-rcu_read_lock-from-mt_validate.patch
mm-vma-correctly-position-vma_iterator-in-__split_vma.patch
mm-vma-introduce-abort_munmap_vmas.patch
mm-vma-introduce-vmi_complete_munmap_vmas.patch
mm-vma-extract-the-gathering-of-vmas-from-do_vmi_align_munmap.patch
mm-vma-introduce-vma_munmap_struct-for-use-in-munmap-operations.patch
mm-vma-change-munmap-to-use-vma_munmap_struct-for-accounting-and-surrounding-vmas.patch
mm-vma-change-munmap-to-use-vma_munmap_struct-for-accounting-and-surrounding-vmas-fix.patch
mm-vma-extract-validate_mm-from-vma_complete.patch
mm-vma-inline-munmap-operation-in-mmap_region.patch
mm-vma-expand-mmap_region-munmap-call.patch
mm-vma-support-vma-==-null-in-init_vma_munmap.patch
mm-mmap-reposition-vma-iterator-in-mmap_region.patch
mm-vma-track-start-and-end-for-munmap-in-vma_munmap_struct.patch
mm-clean-up-unmap_region-argument-list.patch
mm-mmap-avoid-zeroing-vma-tree-in-mmap_region.patch
mm-change-failure-of-map_fixed-to-restoring-the-gap-on-failure.patch
mm-mmap-use-phys_pfn-in-mmap_region.patch
mm-mmap-use-vms-accounted-pages-in-mmap_region.patch
ipc-shm-mm-drop-do_vma_munmap.patch
mm-move-may_expand_vm-check-in-mmap_region.patch
mm-vma-drop-incorrect-comment-from-vms_gather_munmap_vmas.patch
mm-vmah-optimise-vma_munmap_struct.patch
