linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: limit the scope of vma_start

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Message-ID: <a53a539c-f159-4bee-88c2-c55b0621b99f@lucifer.local>
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2025 11:43:25 +0100
From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
To: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
Cc: akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jannh@...gle.com, Liam.Howlett@...cle.com,
        vbabka@...e.cz, pfalcato@...e.de, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: limit the scope of vma_start_read()

On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 08:20:37AM -0700, Suren Baghdasaryan wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Limit the scope of vma_start_read() as it is used only as a helper for
> > higher-level locking functions implemented inside mmap_lock.c and we are
> > about to introduce more complex RCU rules for this function.
> > The change is pure code refactoring and has no functional changes.
> >
> > Suggested-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> > Signed-off-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
>
> Forgot to add Lorenzo's
>
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
>
> Thanks!

:>)