The quilt patch titled Subject: maple_tree: i is always less than or equal to mas_end has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was maple_tree-i-is-always-less-than-or-equal-to-mas_end.patch This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm ------------------------------------------------------ From: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: maple_tree: i is always less than or equal to mas_end Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:27:58 +0000 Patch series "refine mas_mab_cp()". By analysis of the code, one condition check can be removed and one case would hit a redundant assignment. This patch (of 2): mas_mab_cp() copy range [mas_start, mas_end] inclusively from a maple_node to maple_big_node. This implies mas_start <= mas_end. Based on the relationship of mas_start and mas_end, we can have the following four cases: | mas_start == mas_end | mas_start < mas_end ---------------+----------------------+---------------------- mas_start == 0 | 1 | 2 ---------------+----------------------+---------------------- mas_start != 0 | 3 | 4 We can see in all these four cases, i is always less than or equal to mas_end after finish the loop: Case 1: After assign pivot 0, i is set to 1, which is bigger than mas_end 0. So it jumps to complete and skip the check. Case 2: After assign pivot 0, i is set to 1. â?µ (mas_start < mas_end) && (mas_start == 0) ==> (1 <= mas_end) â?µ (i == 1) && (1 <= mas_end) ==> (i <= mas_end) â?´ Before loop, we have (i <= mas_end). And we still hold this if it skips the loop. For example, (i == mas_end). Now let's see what happens in the loop: â?µ piv_end = min(mas_end, mt_pivots[mt]) ==> (piv_end <= mas_end) â?µ loop condition is (i < piv_end) ==> (i <= piv_end) on finish the loop both normally or break â?µ (i <= piv_end) && (piv_end <= mas_end) ==> (i <= mas_end) â?´ After loop, we still get (i <= mas_end) in this case Case 3: This case would skip both if clause and loop. So when it comes to the check, i is still mas_start which equals to mas_end. Case 4: This case would skip the if clause. â?µ (mas_start < mas_end) && (i == mas_start) ==> (i < mas_end) â?´ Before loop, we have (i < mas_end). The loop process is similar with Case 2, so we get the same result. Now we can conclude in all cases, we get (i <= mas_end) when doing check. Then it is not necessary to do the check. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240911142759.20989-1-richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240911142759.20989-2-richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/maple_tree.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/lib/maple_tree.c~maple_tree-i-is-always-less-than-or-equal-to-mas_end +++ a/lib/maple_tree.c @@ -1949,8 +1949,7 @@ static inline void mas_mab_cp(struct ma_ goto complete; } - if (likely(i <= mas_end)) - b_node->pivot[j] = mas_safe_pivot(mas, pivots, i, mt); + b_node->pivot[j] = mas_safe_pivot(mas, pivots, i, mt); complete: b_node->b_end = ++j; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from richard.weiyang@xxxxxxxxx are mm-mlock-set-the-correct-prev-on-failure.patch maple_tree-print-empty-for-an-empty-tree-on-mt_dump.patch maple_tree-the-return-value-of-mas_root_expand-is-not-used.patch maple_tree-not-necessary-to-check-index-last-again.patch maple_tree-refine-mas_store_root-on-storing-null.patch maple_tree-add-a-test-checking-storing-null.patch