Re: [PATCH] mm: Rename vm_area_struct to mm_area

[John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>]

On 4/1/25 8:26 AM, David Hildenbrand wrote:
...
>>>> be a fair bit more disruptive.
>>>
>>> I almost fell for it, until I looked at the calendar :)
>>>
>>> On a serious note: "struct vma" ;)
>>
>> We should put this in a helper struct
>>
>> Maybe:
>>
>> struct vmb {
>>     struct vma *vma;
>>     bool is_file;
>> };
>>
>> I think this would solve a lot of our problems and probably eliminate
>> anon_vma or something
> 
> If that solves most our problems, imagine what a "struct vmc" could do :)
> 

I was almost ready to ack all of the above, until I realized that
it was too disruptive, because it's written in C.

In order to be as non-contentious as possible, the whole thing should
be done in Rust:

struct Vmb {
     vma: *mut Vma,
     is_file: bool,
}


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard