Re: [PATCH] mm/mmap.c: logic of find_vma_intersection repeated in __do_munmap

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Mon May 10 2021 - 01:08:42 EST


On Fri, 9 Apr 2021 13:21:26 -0300 Gonzalo Matias Juarez Tello <gmjuareztello@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Logic of find_vma_intersection() (which is an inline fc) is
> repeated in __do_munmap().
> Besides, prev is assigned a value before checking vma->vm_start >= end
> which might end up on a return statement making that assignment useless.
>
> Calling find_vma_intersection() checks that condition and returns NULL if
> no vma is found, hence only the !vma check is needed in __do_munmap().
>
> ...
>
> --- a/mm/mmap.c
> +++ b/mm/mmap.c
> @@ -2822,16 +2822,11 @@ int __do_munmap(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, size_t len,
> */
> arch_unmap(mm, start, end);
>
> - /* Find the first overlapping VMA */
> - vma = find_vma(mm, start);
> + /* Find the first overlapping VMA where start < vma->vm_end */
> + vma = find_vma_intersection(mm, start, end);
> if (!vma)
> return 0;
> prev = vma->vm_prev;
> - /* we have start < vma->vm_end */
> -
> - /* if it doesn't overlap, we have nothing.. */
> - if (vma->vm_start >= end)
> - return 0;
>
> /*
> * If we need to split any vma, do it now to save pain later.

Looks good to me, thanks.