linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 3/9] mm/vma: Add limits to unmap

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Message-ID: <k45ojp4yjaqp56azyuobcsxyqmm5uslo5gq3ddujwfi3ynvkqz@2oncyj3tbnhy>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2025 13:56:59 +0100
From: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
To: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, 
	maple-tree@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>, 
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>, 
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, 
	Charan Teja Kalla <quic_charante@...cinc.com>, shikemeng@...weicloud.com, kasong@...cent.com, nphamcs@...il.com, 
	bhe@...hat.com, baohua@...nel.org, chrisl@...nel.org, 
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 3/9] mm/vma: Add limits to unmap_region() for vmas

On Tue, Sep 09, 2025 at 03:09:39PM -0400, Liam R. Howlett wrote:
> Add a limit to the vma search instead of using the start and end of the
> one passed in.
> 
> No functional changes intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
> ---
>  mm/vma.c | 6 ++++--
>  mm/vma.h | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
> index abe0da33c8446..a648e0555c873 100644
> --- a/mm/vma.c
> +++ b/mm/vma.c
> @@ -474,6 +474,7 @@ void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
>   * Called with the mm semaphore held.
>   */
>  void unmap_region(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +		unsigned long vma_min, unsigned long vma_max,
>  		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *next)
>  {
>  	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
> @@ -481,7 +482,7 @@ void unmap_region(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  
>  	tlb_gather_mmu(&tlb, mm);
>  	update_hiwater_rss(mm);
> -	unmap_vmas(&tlb, mas, vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end, vma->vm_end,
> +	unmap_vmas(&tlb, mas, vma, vma_min, vma_max, vma_max,
>  		   /* mm_wr_locked = */ true);
>  	mas_set(mas, vma->vm_end);
>  	free_pgtables(&tlb, mas, vma, prev ? prev->vm_end : FIRST_USER_ADDRESS,
> @@ -2417,7 +2418,8 @@ static int __mmap_new_file_vma(struct mmap_state *map,
>  
>  		vma_iter_set(vmi, vma->vm_end);
>  		/* Undo any partial mapping done by a device driver. */
> -		unmap_region(&vmi->mas, vma, map->prev, map->next);
> +		unmap_region(&vmi->mas, vma, vma->vm_start, vma->vm_end,
> +			     map->prev, map->next);
>  
>  		return error;
>  	}
> diff --git a/mm/vma.h b/mm/vma.h
> index 9183fe5490090..a9d0cef684ddb 100644
> --- a/mm/vma.h
> +++ b/mm/vma.h
> @@ -261,6 +261,7 @@ int do_vmi_munmap(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
>  void remove_vma(struct vm_area_struct *vma);
>  
>  void unmap_region(struct ma_state *mas, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +		unsigned long min, unsigned long max,
>  		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *next);
>  

nit: min and max don't match the arg names in the actual definition of the function

Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>


-- 
Pedro