Re: [PATCH 08/30] mm/rmap: rename vma_interval_tree_*() to mapping_interval_tree_*()

[Pedro Falcato]

On Mon, Jun 29, 2026 at 01:23:19PM +0100, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:
> The family of vma_interval_tree_() functions manipulate the
> address_space (which, of course, is generally referred to as 'mapping')
> reverse mapping, but are named the 'VMA' interval tree.
> 
> VMAs may be mapped by an anon_vma, an address_space, or both. Therefore
> calling the mapping interval tree a 'VMA' interval tree is rather
> confusing.
> 
> This is also inconsistent with the anon_vma_interval_tree_*() functions
> which explicitly reference the rmap object to which they pertain.
> 
> Rename the vma_interval_tree_*() functions to mapping_interval_tree_*() to
> correct this.
> 
> No functional change intended.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <ljs@xxxxxxxxxx>

I'll have to nitpick this and say that I prefer [1] file_rmap_tree_, or
mapping_rmap_tree. Or possibly even better - mapping_ (so
mapping_for_each_vma, mapping_insert_vma, etc).

A bit of bikeshedding never hurts ;)

[1] locally I was naming things file_rmap, but I never actually got to
churn these names away
-- 
Pedro