linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 01/22] mm: Add vma

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Message-ID: <99e04b50-7210-8a2f-4eda-08747b8570fb@redhat.com>
Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 11:57:25 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@...cle.com>,
        "maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org" <maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-mm@...ck.org" <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
        "Paul E . McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Laurent Dufour <ldufour@...ux.ibm.com>,
        David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
        Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Rik van Riel <riel@...riel.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Michel Lespinasse <michel@...pinasse.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 01/22] mm: Add vma_lookup()

On 10.05.21 18:58, Liam Howlett wrote:
> he third use of find_vma() is by developers who do not know that the
> function starts searching at the provided address upwards for the next
> vma.  This results in a bug that is often overlooked for a long time.
> 
> Adding the new vma_lookup() function will allow for cleaner code by

Sounds helpful to me

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb