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Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: change void* into explict vm_struct*
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mm-vmallocc-change-void-into-explict-vm_struct.patch
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From: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: change void* into explict vm_struct*
vmap_area->private is void* but we don't use the field for various purpose
but use only for vm_struct. So change it to a vm_struct* with naming to
improve for readability and type checking.
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/vmalloc.c | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmallocc-change-void-into-explict-vm_struct mm/vmalloc.c
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c~mm-vmallocc-change-void-into-explict-vm_struct
+++ a/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ struct vmap_area {
struct rb_node rb_node; /* address sorted rbtree */
struct list_head list; /* address sorted list */
struct list_head purge_list; /* "lazy purge" list */
- void *private;
+ struct vm_struct *vm;
struct rcu_head rcu_head;
};
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ static void setup_vmalloc_vm(struct vm_s
vm->addr = (void *)va->va_start;
vm->size = va->va_end - va->va_start;
vm->caller = caller;
- va->private = vm;
+ va->vm = vm;
va->flags |= VM_VM_AREA;
}
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ static struct vm_struct *find_vm_area(co
va = find_vmap_area((unsigned long)addr);
if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA)
- return va->private;
+ return va->vm;
return NULL;
}
@@ -1427,7 +1427,7 @@ struct vm_struct *remove_vm_area(const v
va = find_vmap_area((unsigned long)addr);
if (va && va->flags & VM_VM_AREA) {
- struct vm_struct *vm = va->private;
+ struct vm_struct *vm = va->vm;
if (!(vm->flags & VM_UNLIST)) {
struct vm_struct *tmp, **p;
_
Subject: Subject: mm/vmalloc.c: change void* into explict vm_struct*
Patches currently in -mm which might be from minchan@xxxxxxxxxx are
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mm-vmallocc-change-void-into-explict-vm_struct.patch
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