From: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>,
"Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>,
Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>,
Shakeel Butt <shakeel.butt@linux.dev>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Rik van Riel <riel@surriel.com>, Harry Yoo <harry.yoo@oracle.com>,
Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>,
Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>, Pedro Falcato <pfalcato@suse.de>,
Chris Li <chriscli@google.com>,
Barry Song <v-songbaohua@oppo.com>,
linux-mm@kvack.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 5/9] mm/rmap: remove anon_vma_merge() function
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 14:50:41 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56bbe45e309f7af197b1c4f94a9a0c8931ff2d29.1768746221.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1768746221.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
This function is confusing, we already have the concept of anon_vma merge
to adjacent VMA's anon_vma's to increase probability of anon_vma
compatibility and therefore VMA merge (see is_mergeable_anon_vma() etc.),
as well as anon_vma reuse, along side the usual VMA merge logic.
We can remove the anon_vma check as it is redundant - a merge would not
have been permitted with removal if the anon_vma's were not the same (and
in the case of an unfaulted/faulted merge, we would have already set the
unfaulted VMA's anon_vma to vp->remove->anon_vma in dup_anon_vma()).
Avoid overloading this term when we're very simply unlinking anon_vma
state from a removed VMA upon merge.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
---
include/linux/rmap.h | 7 -------
mm/vma.c | 2 +-
tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h | 5 -----
3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/rmap.h b/include/linux/rmap.h
index daa92a58585d..832bfc0ccfc6 100644
--- a/include/linux/rmap.h
+++ b/include/linux/rmap.h
@@ -165,13 +165,6 @@ static inline int anon_vma_prepare(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return __anon_vma_prepare(vma);
}
-static inline void anon_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- struct vm_area_struct *next)
-{
- VM_BUG_ON_VMA(vma->anon_vma != next->anon_vma, vma);
- unlink_anon_vmas(next);
-}
-
struct anon_vma *folio_get_anon_vma(const struct folio *folio);
#ifdef CONFIG_MM_ID
diff --git a/mm/vma.c b/mm/vma.c
index f81a5cfcd7cc..6c458c8656b8 100644
--- a/mm/vma.c
+++ b/mm/vma.c
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ static void vma_complete(struct vma_prepare *vp, struct vma_iterator *vmi,
fput(vp->file);
}
if (vp->remove->anon_vma)
- anon_vma_merge(vp->vma, vp->remove);
+ unlink_anon_vmas(vp->remove);
mm->map_count--;
mpol_put(vma_policy(vp->remove));
if (!vp->remove2)
diff --git a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
index 9f0a9f5ed0fe..93e5792306d9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
+++ b/tools/testing/vma/vma_internal.h
@@ -1265,11 +1265,6 @@ static inline void i_mmap_unlock_write(struct address_space *mapping)
{
}
-static inline void anon_vma_merge(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- struct vm_area_struct *next)
-{
-}
-
static inline int userfaultfd_unmap_prep(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start,
unsigned long end,
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-18 14:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-18 14:50 [PATCH v3 0/9] mm: clean up anon_vma implementation Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 1/9] mm/rmap: improve anon_vma_clone(), unlink_anon_vmas() comments, add asserts Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 2/9] mm/rmap: eliminate partial anon_vma tear-down in anon_vma_fork() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 3/9] mm/rmap: skip unfaulted VMAs on anon_vma clone, unlink Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 4/9] mm/rmap: remove unnecessary root lock dance in anon_vma clone, unmap Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` Lorenzo Stoakes [this message]
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 6/9] mm/rmap: make anon_vma functions internal Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 7/9] mm/mmap_lock: add vma_is_attached() helper Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 8/9] mm/rmap: allocate anon_vma_chain objects unlocked when possible Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 14:50 ` [PATCH v3 9/9] mm/rmap: separate out fork-only logic on anon_vma_clone() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-18 20:06 ` [PATCH v3 0/9] mm: clean up anon_vma implementation Andrew Morton
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