linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] mremap: don't do uneccesary checks if new_len == old

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Date:	Tue, 30 Jun 2015 15:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Kirill Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] mremap: don't do uneccesary checks if new_len ==
 old_len

On Sat, 20 Jun 2015, Oleg Nesterov wrote:

> The "new_len > old_len" branch in vma_to_resize() looks very confusing.
> It only covers the VM_DONTEXPAND/pgoff checks but everything below is
> equally unneeded if new_len == old_len.
> 
> Change this code to return if "new_len == old_len", new_len < old_len
> is not possible, otherwise the code below is wrong anyway.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>

Acked-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
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