From: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Andrew Ballance <andrewjballance@gmail.com>
Cc: maple-tree@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Subject: [PATCH] maple_tree: update mas_next[_range] docs
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 11:00:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260118-mas-next-doc-v1-1-827d9f4924ce@google.com> (raw)
If you read the docs, it sounds like the difference between these
functions is whether mas->index and mas->last are updated. However, if
you read the implementation, you will instead find that the difference
is whether NULL entries are skipped.
Signed-off-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
---
lib/maple_tree.c | 10 ++++++----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/maple_tree.c b/lib/maple_tree.c
index 5aa4c95000188d3ba461418e09445be78098578e..fe0f0440cd84e7a0fe946d5371e651d153f40d21 100644
--- a/lib/maple_tree.c
+++ b/lib/maple_tree.c
@@ -5293,13 +5293,14 @@ static bool mas_next_setup(struct ma_state *mas, unsigned long max,
}
/**
- * mas_next() - Get the next entry.
+ * mas_next() - Advance the maple state to the next range, skipping zero entries.
* @mas: The maple state
* @max: The maximum index to check.
*
* Returns the next entry after @mas->index.
+ * Updates @mas->index and @mas->last to the range.
* Must hold rcu_read_lock or the write lock.
- * Can return the zero entry.
+ * Skips entries reserved with XA_ZERO_ENTRY.
*
* Return: The next entry or %NULL
*/
@@ -5316,11 +5317,12 @@ void *mas_next(struct ma_state *mas, unsigned long max)
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mas_next);
/**
- * mas_next_range() - Advance the maple state to the next range
+ * mas_next_range() - Advance the maple state to the next range.
* @mas: The maple state
* @max: The maximum index to check.
*
- * Sets @mas->index and @mas->last to the range.
+ * Returns the next entry after @mas->index.
+ * Updates @mas->index and @mas->last to the range.
* Must hold rcu_read_lock or the write lock.
* Can return the zero entry.
*
---
base-commit: 8f0b4cce4481fb22653697cced8d0d04027cb1e8
change-id: 20260118-mas-next-doc-20171df817bd
Best regards,
--
Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
next reply other threads:[~2026-01-18 11:00 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-18 11:00 Alice Ryhl [this message]
2026-01-20 17:54 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-21 9:56 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-01-26 20:20 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-02-04 15:29 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-07 8:16 ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-02-09 8:22 ` Alice Ryhl
2026-02-09 18:01 ` Liam R. Howlett
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