linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/21] mm: Add vma

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Message-ID: <20210521042058.5urt6fr4idaosrue@offworld>
Date:   Thu, 20 May 2021 21:20:58 -0700
From:   Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
To:     Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@...cle.com>
Cc:     "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>,
        Song Liu <songliubraving@...com>,
        "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 00/21] mm: Add vma_lookup()

On Mon, 10 May 2021, Liam Howlett wrote:

>Adding the new vma_lookup() function will allow for cleaner code by
>removing the find_vma() calls which check limits, making
>find_vma_intersection() calls of a single address to be shorter, and
>potentially reduce the incorrect uses of find_vma().

I like this, specially implemented around find_vma(). For the series,
feel free to add:

Acked-by: Davidlohr Bueso <dbueso@...e.de>