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The existing vma_merge() function is no longer required to handle what were previously referred to as cases 1-3 (i.e. the merging of a new VMA), as this is now handled by vma_merge_new_vma(). Additionally, simplify the convoluted control flow of the original, maintaining identical logic only expressed more clearly and doing away with a complicated set of cases, rather logically examining each possible outcome - merging of both the previous and subsequent VMA, merging of the previous VMA and merging of the subsequent VMA alone. We now utilise the previously implemented commit_merge() function to share logic with vma_expand() de-duplicating code and providing less surface area for bugs and confusion. In order to do so, we adjust this function to accept parameters specific to merging existing ranges. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/2cf6016b7bfcc4965fc3cde10827560c42e4f12c.1725040657.git.lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Cc: Liam R. Howlett <Liam.Howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Bert Karwatzki <spasswolf@web.de> Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@chromium.org> Cc: Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@gmail.com> Cc: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org> Cc: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Cc: Sidhartha Kumar <sidhartha.kumar@oracle.com> Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the reStructuredText markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.