linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/mremap:: Use vma_lookup() instead of find

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Date:   Mon, 14 Mar 2022 14:12:10 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/mremap:: Use vma_lookup() instead of find_vma()

On 12.03.22 09:31, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> Using vma_lookup() verifies the address is contained in the found vma.
> This results in easier to read the code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
> ---
>  mm/mremap.c | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
> index 002eec83e91e..9d76da79594d 100644
> --- a/mm/mremap.c
> +++ b/mm/mremap.c
> @@ -942,8 +942,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(mremap, unsigned long, addr, unsigned long, old_len,
>  
>  	if (mmap_write_lock_killable(current->mm))
>  		return -EINTR;
> -	vma = find_vma(mm, addr);
> -	if (!vma || vma->vm_start > addr) {
> +	vma = vma_lookup(mm, addr);
> +	if (!vma) {
>  		ret = EFAULT;
>  		goto out;
>  	}

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

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb