[PATCH v4 1/4] mm/mmap/vma_merge: further improve prev/next VMA naming

[Lorenzo Stoakes]

Previously the ASCII diagram above vma_merge() and the accompanying
variable naming was rather confusing, however recent efforts by Liam
Howlett and Vlastimil Babka have significantly improved matters.

This patch goes a little further - replacing 'A' with '*' as it is clearer,
'X' with 'N', which feels more natural as this represents the _next_ VMA
and infalyl 'N' with 'C' which represents the current VMA.

No word quite describes a VMA that has coincident start as the input span,
however 'concurrent' (or more simply 'current') abbreviated to 'curr' fits
intuitions well alongside prev and next.

This has no functional impact.

Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/mmap.c | 86 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 43 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/mmap.c b/mm/mmap.c
index 042d22e63528..c9834364ac98 100644
--- a/mm/mmap.c
+++ b/mm/mmap.c
@@ -861,44 +861,44 @@ can_vma_merge_after(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm_flags,
  * this area are about to be changed to vm_flags - and the no-change
  * case has already been eliminated.
  *
- * The following mprotect cases have to be considered, where AAAA is
+ * The following mprotect cases have to be considered, where **** is
  * the area passed down from mprotect_fixup, never extending beyond one
- * vma, PPPP is the previous vma, NNNN is a vma that starts at the same
- * address as AAAA and is of the same or larger span, and XXXX the next
- * vma after AAAA:
+ * vma, PPPP is the previous vma, CCCC is a concurrent vma that starts
+ * at the same address as **** and is of the same or larger span, and
+ * NNNN the next vma after ****:
  *
- *     AAAA             AAAA                   AAAA
- *    PPPPPPXXXXXX    PPPPPPXXXXXX       PPPPPPNNNNNN
+ *     ****             ****                   ****
+ *    PPPPPPNNNNNN    PPPPPPNNNNNN       PPPPPPCCCCCC
  *    cannot merge    might become       might become
- *                    PPXXXXXXXXXX       PPPPPPPPPPNN
+ *                    PPNNNNNNNNNN       PPPPPPPPPPCC
  *    mmap, brk or    case 4 below       case 5 below
  *    mremap move:
- *                        AAAA               AAAA
- *                    PPPP    XXXX       PPPPNNNNXXXX
+ *                        ****               ****
+ *                    PPPP    NNNN       PPPPCCCCNNNN
  *                    might become       might become
  *                    PPPPPPPPPPPP 1 or  PPPPPPPPPPPP 6 or
- *                    PPPPPPPPXXXX 2 or  PPPPPPPPXXXX 7 or
- *                    PPPPXXXXXXXX 3     PPPPXXXXXXXX 8
+ *                    PPPPPPPPNNNN 2 or  PPPPPPPPNNNN 7 or
+ *                    PPPPNNNNNNNN 3     PPPPNNNNNNNN 8
  *
- * It is important for case 8 that the vma NNNN overlapping the
- * region AAAA is never going to extended over XXXX. Instead XXXX must
- * be extended in region AAAA and NNNN must be removed. This way in
+ * It is important for case 8 that the vma CCCC overlapping the
+ * region **** is never going to extended over NNNN. Instead NNNN must
+ * be extended in region **** and CCCC must be removed. This way in
  * all cases where vma_merge succeeds, the moment vma_merge drops the
  * rmap_locks, the properties of the merged vma will be already
  * correct for the whole merged range. Some of those properties like
  * vm_page_prot/vm_flags may be accessed by rmap_walks and they must
  * be correct for the whole merged range immediately after the
- * rmap_locks are released. Otherwise if XXXX would be removed and
- * NNNN would be extended over the XXXX range, remove_migration_ptes
+ * rmap_locks are released. Otherwise if NNNN would be removed and
+ * CCCC would be extended over the NNNN range, remove_migration_ptes
  * or other rmap walkers (if working on addresses beyond the "end"
- * parameter) may establish ptes with the wrong permissions of NNNN
- * instead of the right permissions of XXXX.
+ * parameter) may establish ptes with the wrong permissions of CCCC
+ * instead of the right permissions of NNNN.
  *
  * In the code below:
  * PPPP is represented by *prev
- * NNNN is represented by *mid or not represented at all (NULL)
- * XXXX is represented by *next or not represented at all (NULL)
- * AAAA is not represented - it will be merged and the vma containing the
+ * CCCC is represented by *curr or not represented at all (NULL)
+ * NNNN is represented by *next or not represented at all (NULL)
+ * **** is not represented - it will be merged and the vma containing the
  *      area is returned, or the function will return NULL
  */
 struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
 {
 	pgoff_t pglen = (end - addr) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 	pgoff_t vma_pgoff;
-	struct vm_area_struct *mid, *next, *res = NULL;
+	struct vm_area_struct *curr, *next, *res = NULL;
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma, *adjust, *remove, *remove2;
 	int err = -1;
 	bool merge_prev = false;
@@ -930,19 +930,19 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
 	if (vm_flags & VM_SPECIAL)
 		return NULL;
 
-	mid = find_vma(mm, prev ? prev->vm_end : 0);
-	if (mid && mid->vm_end == end)			/* cases 6, 7, 8 */
-		next = find_vma(mm, mid->vm_end);
+	curr = find_vma(mm, prev ? prev->vm_end : 0);
+	if (curr && curr->vm_end == end)		/* cases 6, 7, 8 */
+		next = find_vma(mm, curr->vm_end);
 	else
-		next = mid;
+		next = curr;
 
-	/* In cases 1 - 4 there's no NNNN vma */
-	if (mid && end <= mid->vm_start)
-		mid = NULL;
+	/* In cases 1 - 4 there's no CCCC vma */
+	if (curr && end <= curr->vm_start)
+		curr = NULL;
 
 	/* verify some invariant that must be enforced by the caller */
 	VM_WARN_ON(prev && addr <= prev->vm_start);
-	VM_WARN_ON(mid && end > mid->vm_end);
+	VM_WARN_ON(curr && end > curr->vm_end);
 	VM_WARN_ON(addr >= end);
 
 	if (prev) {
@@ -974,21 +974,21 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
 		remove = next;				/* case 1 */
 		vma_end = next->vm_end;
 		err = dup_anon_vma(prev, next);
-		if (mid) {				/* case 6 */
-			remove = mid;
+		if (curr) {				/* case 6 */
+			remove = curr;
 			remove2 = next;
 			if (!next->anon_vma)
-				err = dup_anon_vma(prev, mid);
+				err = dup_anon_vma(prev, curr);
 		}
 	} else if (merge_prev) {
 		err = 0;				/* case 2 */
-		if (mid) {
-			err = dup_anon_vma(prev, mid);
-			if (end == mid->vm_end) {	/* case 7 */
-				remove = mid;
+		if (curr) {
+			err = dup_anon_vma(prev, curr);
+			if (end == curr->vm_end) {	/* case 7 */
+				remove = curr;
 			} else {			/* case 5 */
-				adjust = mid;
-				adj_start = (end - mid->vm_start);
+				adjust = curr;
+				adj_start = (end - curr->vm_start);
 			}
 		}
 	} else if (merge_next) {
@@ -1004,10 +1004,10 @@ struct vm_area_struct *vma_merge(struct vma_iterator *vmi, struct mm_struct *mm,
 			vma_end = next->vm_end;
 			vma_pgoff = next->vm_pgoff;
 			err = 0;
-			if (mid) {			/* case 8 */
-				vma_pgoff = mid->vm_pgoff;
-				remove = mid;
-				err = dup_anon_vma(next, mid);
+			if (curr) {			/* case 8 */
+				vma_pgoff = curr->vm_pgoff;
+				remove = curr;
+				err = dup_anon_vma(next, curr);
 			}
 		}
 	}
-- 
2.39.2