linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 03/10] mm/vma: Add limits to unmap

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Message-ID: <20260115182720.1691130-4-Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2026 13:27:13 -0500
From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
        Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>,
        Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>, David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>,
        Jann Horn <jannh@...gle.com>, shikemeng@...weicloud.com,
        kasong@...cent.com, nphamcs@...il.com, bhe@...hat.com,
        baohua@...nel.org, chrisl@...nel.org,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 03/10] mm/vma: Add limits to unmap_region() for vmas

Add a limit to the vma search instead of using the start and end of the
one passed in.

No functional changes intended.

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>
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 3dbe414eff894..0c35cdc0d3b7b 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ 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_start, unsigned long vma_end,
 		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *next)
 {
 	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
@@ -480,7 +481,7 @@ 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_start, vma_end, vma_end);
 	mas_set(mas, vma->vm_end);
 	free_pgtables(&tlb, mas, vma, prev ? prev->vm_end : FIRST_USER_ADDRESS,
 		      next ? next->vm_start : USER_PGTABLES_CEILING,
@@ -2466,7 +2467,8 @@ 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 d51efd9da113f..e671adced3a03 100644
--- a/mm/vma.h
+++ b/mm/vma.h
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ 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 vma_start, unsigned long vma_end,
 		struct vm_area_struct *prev, struct vm_area_struct *next);
 
 /**
-- 
2.47.3