Re: [PATCH v1 11/16] mm/memory: inline unmap_page_range() into __zap_vma_range()

["David Hildenbrand (Arm)" <david@kernel.org>]

On 3/6/26 13:29, Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2026 at 09:08:42PM +0100, David Hildenbrand (Arm) wrote:
>> Let's inline it into the single caller to reduce the number of confusing
>> unmap/zap helpers.
>>
>> Get rid of the unnecessary BUG_ON().
>>
>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@kernel.org>
> 
> Small nits below, but overall LGTM so:
> 
> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (Oracle) <ljs@kernel.org>
> 
>> ---
>>  mm/memory.c | 32 ++++++++++++--------------------
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
>> index 394b2e931974..1c0bcdfc73b7 100644
>> --- a/mm/memory.c
>> +++ b/mm/memory.c
>> @@ -2056,25 +2056,6 @@ static inline unsigned long zap_p4d_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
>>  	return addr;
>>  }
>>
>> -static void unmap_page_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> -		unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>> -		struct zap_details *details)
>> -{
>> -	pgd_t *pgd;
>> -	unsigned long next;
>> -
>> -	BUG_ON(addr >= end);
>> -	tlb_start_vma(tlb, vma);
>> -	pgd = pgd_offset(vma->vm_mm, addr);
>> -	do {
>> -		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
>> -		if (pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd))
>> -			continue;
>> -		next = zap_p4d_range(tlb, vma, pgd, addr, next, details);
>> -	} while (pgd++, addr = next, addr != end);
>> -	tlb_end_vma(tlb, vma);
>> -}
>> -
>>  static void __zap_vma_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>  		unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>>  		struct zap_details *details)
>> @@ -2100,7 +2081,18 @@ static void __zap_vma_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>  			return;
>>  		__unmap_hugepage_range(tlb, vma, start, end, NULL, zap_flags);
>>  	} else {
>> -		unmap_page_range(tlb, vma, start, end, details);
>> +		unsigned long next, cur = start;
> 
> VERY nitty, but generally current is abbreviated to curr not cur.
> 

The following might not be fully expressive (but simple to grep):

$ git grep "cur_" | wc -l
24261
$ git grep "curr_" | wc -l
9288

Tells me that "cur" is rather common.

> It's not a big deal, but why not addr?

Good question, I can just do that. :)

-- 
Cheers,

David