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From: "Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.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: Re: [PATCH v2 4/8] mm/rmap: remove anon_vma_merge() function
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:42:58 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <crfyj7sjuscw5wdbhkwxzqzjwhrrzlppyvn7hik47kiv3w2lqa@5ytfftnrpwh4> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1f5d605c2b35462194782fd17212a4d6c060e278.1767711638.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>

* Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> [260106 10:04]:
> 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 fb45a6be7417..4294ecdc23a5 100644
> --- a/mm/vma.c
> +++ b/mm/vma.c
> @@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ 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
> 


  reply	other threads:[~2026-01-06 18:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-06 15:04 [PATCH v2 0/8] mm: clean up anon_vma implementation Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 1/8] mm/rmap: improve anon_vma_clone(), unlink_anon_vmas() comments, add asserts Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 2/8] mm/rmap: skip unfaulted VMAs on anon_vma clone, unlink Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:34   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 3/8] mm/rmap: remove unnecessary root lock dance in anon_vma clone, unmap Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:42   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 4/8] mm/rmap: remove anon_vma_merge() function Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:42   ` Liam R. Howlett [this message]
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 5/8] mm/rmap: make anon_vma functions internal Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:54   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 6/8] mm/mmap_lock: add vma_is_attached() helper Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 18:56   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 7/8] mm/rmap: allocate anon_vma_chain objects unlocked when possible Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 19:02   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-08 18:51   ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 15:04 ` [PATCH v2 8/8] mm/rmap: separate out fork-only logic on anon_vma_clone() Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-06 19:27   ` Liam R. Howlett
2026-01-08 17:58     ` Lorenzo Stoakes
2026-01-08 18:52   ` Lorenzo Stoakes

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