Re: [PATCH 16/30] mm/vma: use vma_start_pgoff(), linear_page_index() in mm code

[SJ Park]

On Mon, 29 Jun 2026 13:23:27 +0100 Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> There are many instances in which linear_page_index() (as well as
> linear_page_delta()) is open-coded, which is confusing and inconsistent.
> 
> Additionally, vma->vm_pgoff doesn't necessarily make it clear that this is
> the page offset of the start of the VMA range.
> 
> Doing so also aids greppability.
> 
> So use vma_start_pgoff() in favour of directly accessing vma->vm_pgoff, and
> linear_page_index() where we can.
> 
> This also lays the ground for future changes which will add an anonymous
> page offset in order to be able to index MAP_PRIVATE-file backed anon
> folios in terms of their virtual page offset.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  include/linux/huge_mm.h    |  1 +
>  include/linux/hugetlb.h    |  3 +--
>  include/linux/pagemap.h    |  2 +-
>  mm/damon/vaddr.c           |  5 +++--

I quickly looked only the DAMON part.  Looks nice and cleaner, thank you!

Reviewed-by: SJ Park <sj@xxxxxxxxxx>


Thanks,
SJ

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