Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap.c: Remove useless statement "vma = NULL" in find_vma()

[Oleg Nesterov]

On 09/10, Chen Gang wrote:
>
> On 9/10/15 00:26, Oleg Nesterov wrote:
> >
> > The implementation looks correct. Why do you think it can be not 1st vma?
> >
>
> It is in while (rb_node) {...}.
>
> - When we set "vma = tmp", it is alreay match "addr < vm_end".

Yes,

> - If "addr>= vm_start", we return this vma (else continue searching).

This is optimization, we can stop the search because in this case
vma == tmp is obviously the 1st vma with "addr < vm_end".

I simply can't understand your concerns. Perhaps you can make a
patch, then it will be more clear what me-or-you have missed.

Oleg.

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